An Infantryman in Afghanistan

Redeployment to Fort Bragg: Meaningless Medals and Heartfelt Appreciation by Heath Hansen March 2006. My tour was over. I had survived. No more fire-fights. No more IED’s. No more raids. No more rocket-attacks. I was going home. Many servicemen spend time in-country without ever leaving “the wire” (the safety of the walls, fortifications  and/or razor-wire …