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The Lonely Weight Of Command

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A combat zone can train you to function without feelings and then punish you for it later. Chris Lo joins us from Singapore to tell a story that starts with conscript service and a West Point education and ends in Afghanistan with a coalition mission to mentor Afghan artillery instructors under NATO. Along the way, he gives a rare look at how danger builds: not just firefights, but rising tension, missing intelligence, and the constant sense that something is about to break.

We dig into the Quran burning unrest, green-on-blue threats, and the brutal math of leadership when…

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