Ty There was something unsettling about not knowing the men who were about to drop with you from a chopper into a war zone. I knew my plan inside and out and was confident I could get to where I needed to go. I just didn’t have Moore to watch my six, and that proved harder to accept than I expected. But he was there for Ivy, and once I remembered that, my anxiety dropped immediately. He was where I needed him most. I leaned back and thought about the morning I left. I couldn’t sleep. I rehearsed my plan over and over from the moment I’d arrive in south central Asia. My brain drew an invisible map on the ceiling. I could envision the drop-off point, the main roads, the road into town, and the truck that waited for me there. I’d jump in the truck without being seen, change into local clot

