When I Hear a Far-off Boom, I Imagine the Worst
“I knew I wasn’t in Afghanistan. I knew soldiers weren’t dying in the distance. But in reality, that knowledge didn’t matter.”
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DonateMaurice “Chipp” Naylon served nine years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, and he is the author of the book The New Ministry of Truth: Combat Advisors in Afghanistan and America’s Great Betrayal . Naylon and his wife, Jenna, live in Richmond, Virginia, where he works as a real estate accountant. In his free time, Naylon writes about his and Jenna’s travels in a blog, They Travel & Work.
“I knew I wasn’t in Afghanistan. I knew soldiers weren’t dying in the distance. But in reality, that knowledge didn’t matter.”
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