Twenty-four new military survivors are connecting with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), the largest daily average since its founding in 1994, says the author of this commentary.
The war games, dubbed Steadfast Defender 21, are aimed at simulating the 30-nation military organization’s response to an attack on any one of its members.
The author recalls how she met her husband, who replaced his friend in a marathon. She was unable to thank the friend, a West Point grad, who died in Iraq in 2006.