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The challenge for this generation of veterans is to harness our shared lessons to ensure that America’s best days remain ahead.
Pete Hegseth
11/11/10

Since the towers fell in 2001, America’s newest warrior generation has liberated two countries, battled two insurgencies, surged to victory in Iraq, and begun working toward the same outcome in Afghanistan. In the face of multiple tours, strategic errors, unforeseen injuries, and political posturing, our troops have forged ahead.

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We’re proud to be the 1 percent, not because we don’t want more help, but because we believe so deeply in our cause. We fight because our forefathers fought before us. We are the latest generation to stand guard to fight for the freedoms of our countrymen, and to embrace the burden of being the linchpin of the free world — no matter the mission.

Our generation of warriors understands that while militaries alone do not solve the world’s problems, there is no way to preserve peace, liberate peoples, or deter nuclear-armed dictators without the specter of military might. America’s historic allies are shrinking their armies and shying from conflict, but we mustn’t follow suit, because perpetual peace, while our dream for tomorrow, isn’t the reality of today’s fallen world.

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Pete Hegseth, a captain in the Army National Guard and executive director of Vets for Freedom, served in Iraq from 2005 to 2006 and will deploy to Afghanistan in 2011. He is currently a graduate student at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
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