When you join the military you join a family. You take on more responsibility than the average individual and are taught to excel in leadership. I have made friends for life that I met in the military. We have been through things that others will not understand and that is a bond we share. It makes us who we are. We volunteered to do the things we did and were proud to do each and every single one of them.
Army Airborne Combat Veteran SGT. Logan Colson
A picture of me and my friend in the pack shed before loading a plane to jump. We are sitting on a bench in full jump gear. Counting the parachutes & our equipment we were typically jumping with 120-150lbs of equipment on us. I usually jumped with a radio in my ruck sack.Boarding a C-17 airplane for an Airborne operation.Inside a C-17 with two cannons. I was in an Airborne Artillery unit that actually dropped these 15,000lb cannons out of a plane with parachutes.A picture I took after jumping out of a C-130. You can actually see the plane in the background.There were times in Iraq that the thermometer read 140 degrees out in the sun and about 115 in the shade.
Logan is one cool customer! I just think he’s great…a wonderful guy. He was the very first to say it was OK to use his photo when I first started this project. He was the original face of the Words For Warriors Project. I really enjoy writing back and forth with him!
Words For Warriors Project 
That Dude is so cool, I see 140 on the thermometer and not a drop of sweat. Nice letter.
Logan is one cool customer! I just think he’s great…a wonderful guy. He was the very first to say it was OK to use his photo when I first started this project. He was the original face of the Words For Warriors Project. I really enjoy writing back and forth with him!