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The Rattle of War

I'm starting to think a career in special forces warps your mind.

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D.J. Byrnes
Mar 24, 2021
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Former Navy SEAL and C4 Coffee owner Adam Newbold of Lisbon, Ohio.

Like a lot of American teenagers, I used to think “the special forces” were so cool in no small part due to video games like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six or SOCOM Navy SEALS, not to mention the plethora of movies that painted these guys as 21st century ninjas protecting my honkey ass from the…

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