J.L. Hancock spent twenty years in the military in the dark corners of the government intelligence communities. Although he wasn’t directly involved in the story, he was involved in a very uplifting and heartfelt way. Jim tells us of his friend Chris deployed with Seal Team 5 on an operation in Afghanistan. Imagine having to wear a piece of equipment that made you stand out so much that the enemy had orders to kill you first because you were responsible for telling your team where to go. And then things got bad.

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