The Navy SEAL Fighting in Ukraine: Daniel Swift and the Pull of Combat
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English - June 08, 2023 16:43 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsNews Government air force army cyber defense marines military navy pentagon realclear defense realclearpolitics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of one the site's most popular recent articles, “The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting.” The tortured story of Daniel Swift, a decorated Navy SEAL who went AWOL, only to end up on the frontlines of Ukraine's war with Russia. It's a story about the complicated relationship some of America's most experienced veterans have with combat, the challenges of returning home, the desire to make a difference, and the pull to return to the fight. Brett Forest and Ian Lovett are journalists for the Wall Street Journal who cover Ukraine.
Read the article here, “The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting.”
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