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He all over Iraq and Afghanistan in the Sight returned. “Is my hand blown survived injuries di icult to comprehend. looked for someone he could scare into following years that gave troops a four- o ? Oh shit oh shit I am hurt bad.” switching, to convince that Iraq was to eight-second head start to run for a Kolfage opened his lungs and yelled H By Tara Copp too dangerous, so that he could take bunker and escape incoming re. for help. He tried to move but Cortez Acqusition policy and organization his spot and be with Cortez. He found This was 2004, and Balad wasn’t and nearby soldiers were already on y rst journey into Iraq started with a sandy convoy, four airmen a new kid, a soon-to-be dad. Kolfage expecting the 107 mm rocket shell that him, they stu ed muscled hands and from Texas, and a Humvee named “Linebacker 10.” growled: You might lose your legs. He exploded ve feet from Linebacker 10’s forearms and towels into Kolfage’s low- It was March 26, 2003. e four guys were from the Air Force’s 17th scared the guy into staying back, and baby-faced airman. er bleeding half to try and save his life. Security Forces Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Kolfage got his place next to Cortez. e blast attened Kolfage to the Kolfage looked at Cortez crazy with MTexas: A1C Valentine Cortez, 21; SSgt. Chad Wurm, 28; SrA. Daniel Holmes, 22; Cortez and Kolfage were only on sand. His eyes were stuck open but he blood on him. He pushed against his and A1C Brian Kolfage, 19. their rst weeks at Balad, but they al- only saw darkness as his body and hair battle buddy and yelled for Cortez to let H I was a 28-year-old embedded reporter along for the ride; I had no prior military ready had a system. Night shift. Sleep. disappeared into a cloud of sand and him see his legs. Cortez put his bloody Intelligence, Surveillance, Ronnaissance systems, trends, and concepts experience whatsoever. In my multiple trips to Iraq since, none of the experiences Gym. Eat. Repeat. smoke. Each of his senses knocked to hand over Kolfage’s eyes to protect him or people I’ve met or reported on have made as deep of an impact as those four “We did everything together,” Cortez black. from deadly shock. airmen made on my rst ride in. But in 2003, as the weeks wore on, I was called said. “I’m dreaming,” Kolfage thought, e attack and response was 30 sec- back to Washington, to my “real” job covering Congress. e guys stayed deployed. On this day, Kolfage awoke rst. He “those malaria pills give crazy, crazy onds, start-stop. Kolfage screamed for Our lives would not intersect again until a year later, when Wurm reached out: put on his shorts and a T-shirt and shuf- dreams.” water and Cortez dumped a bottle on “Have you heard about Kolfage?” ed out of the tent that he, Cortez, and a en his senses raced back, scream- his face and mouth as medics arrived ✪ ✪ ✪ handful of other men shared outside of ing, “You’ve been hit.” screaming, “don’t do that you’ll kill H Congressional and legislative issues Balad’s ight line. Cortez was slower to Hearing returned rst. Kolfage shud- him.” Kolfage slumped and told him Top: A severely injured A1C Brian SEPT. , : A streak of dust and Kolfage didn’t have to be there. He rise. As Kolfage opened the tent ap, he dered at the wail of a base siren. He he was tired. Cortez slapped him hard Kolfage receives the Purple Heart in sunlight pushed Kolfage awake. He and Cortez were both on a second de- asked Cortez if he wanted bottled water, heard a soldier who’d been not 10 feet again and again to piss him o and into Iraq in 2004. blinked to relieve dry eyes and with a ployment. ey had been assigned to and got only a mu ed, yawning reply. away start to shriek. consciousness. squint and a grunt Kolfage stretched Kuwait-based duty, but then Cortez’s en he stepped out into the sunlight “Oh shit ... wasn’t I just walking?” e medics slammed him onto a Top right: Kolfage tackles out of his Air Force tent bunk at Balad name was picked in a lottery to send and turned left in the sand toward the Next came taste. Kolfage sensed blue body board and it was not until rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Air Base, Iraq. Time to hit the gym. additional Air Force security forces gym tent. sandy wet grit in his mouth. en he that very second Kolfage’s last sense H Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 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