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With the 5/2 SBCT in Afghanistan

Feb-21-2010 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

The Associated Press has a new report from Afghanistan.

Butts, 25, doesn't have a Purple Heart or any other high military honor. This is his first, and he hopes, his only deployment in Afghanistan. He's no hero or combat veteran, just a regular guy who ended up in a war. He's like a lot of the Americans fighting the Taliban insurgency, men and women with lives and loved ones back home.

The Magna, Utah native is in Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade, supporting a U.S. Marine onslaught on Taliban fighters in their strongholds in Marjah district in Helmand province. Here, in his own words, Butts shares his thoughts on everything from love - "my wife...she's my inspiration" - to death:

"After a while, you get used to the idea that this might be your last day walking around. ... I'm not afraid of dying, I know I'm not going to have to worry about anything anymore because I'm not going to be here."


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