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Friends and Allies

By Trent Reedy
Published September 20, 2019 3:00am ET
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Friends and Allies
Staff Sgt. Allen Callender served three tours as a combat engineer in Afghanistan. I went with him in 2004. I remember a conversation in the barracks. I was expressing naive, ill-informed attitudes about Afghanistan, ideas about which I am now deeply ashamed. Callender responded, “Don’t you think it’s smart to know your enemy?” “I don’t […]

Staff Sgt. Allen Callender served three tours as a combat engineer in Afghanistan.

I went with him in 2004.

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