At Camp Pendleton I caught up with U.S. Marine Sgt. David Nick Traylor, one of our service members wounded in Afghanistan at the Kabul airport from La Habra.
He hopes to join the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to honor his friend Cpl. Hunter Lopez, one of the 13 brave fallen heroes who gave everything to save lives of Americans and Afghan allies in Kabul.
We are the land of the free because of the sacrifices of our service members and their families.