How many American soldiers risked their lives to get him safely to Kabul?
So the fact that the soldiers risked almost certain punishment by publicly complaining reveals the level of their frustration and disillusionment.
Not long after arriving in Samarra, for instance, Geressy, along with two other soldiers, risked his life to save eight Iraqis from a vehicle that was on fire.
The American squad in the wheat field, perhaps 50 yards away, radioed that insurgents were getting closer and that the soldiers risked being overrun.
These and the other boys who served, whether as drummers, orderlies or soldiers, risked their lives alongside men twice their age and, sometimes, size.
However, for Georgian soldiers risking their lives to interdict what is described as the southern Shiite trafficking in bombs made with explosively formed penetrators, the sense of making a down payment on their own security is strong.
There were stories of Sinhalese soldiers risking — and losing — their lives in efforts to rescue Tamil civilians; of Tamil businessmen carting meals to displaced Sinhalese survivors; and of Muslims buying up clothes and medicines to hand out to Hindus and Buddhists.
They're conservationists and frontline soldiers, risking their lives to protect endangered species, chief among them the world's last remaining mountain gorillas.
No amount of bombing, and no amount of ground troops (I am vehemently against any American soldiers risking their lives for a war that already ended) can alter centuries of sectarian and tribal conflict.
Prince Harry is a serving soldier, risking his life.
