“I was sitting next to soldiers with guns in their holsters, my weapon of choice a laptop,” [U.S. Army veteran Marlon Fisher] said. “My first night of deployment, I was terrified. There was a rocket attack and horrific conditions.” He described food poisoning that left him extremely ill. “I was scared. But thanks to my ‘battle buddies’ I was able to pull through. Fast-forward to the end of my year there, and it was like the first night repeated, another rocket attack. But as I looked around, seeing my battle buddies, I realized I was no longer afraid. That is the power of community.”

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