Nate Self // Battle of Takur Ghar // The War after the Battle

Let's talk about March 4, 2002, merely six months after 9/11/01:  The day Nate Self led a platoon of Rangers in a 15 hour battle on the top of a 10,000 ft. mountaintop in Afghanistan called Takur Ghar. 

From that battle, two people would ultimately earn the Medal of Honor, multiple would earn awards for Valor, Nate Self would earn the Silver Star, and 7 Americans would lose their lives.

Nate reflects on the battle, his painful struggles after the leaving the military, God's incredible love, and how it took him and I ten years to have a face-to-face conversation.  Oh, and he quotes Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 

Nate is also the author of Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts, published in 2008. 

Want to dig in deeper? Watch this History Channel episode where Nate is interviewed and the battle is discussed in more detail.