Aaron was my teammate in Afghanistan on my first deployment. I didn’t know anything. He taught me, and taunted me as any good NCO does.
He earned multiple valor awards on that deployment and almost got killed several times. When he finally got out, we all breathed a sigh of relief.
Less than 100 days after exiting the Army, he died due to VA negligence in Nashville.
He deserved better. He deserved a long life.
I miss him.