'Everything you do there matters'

I read this article in TNH yesterday and I was shocked because I actually know the person the story is about.  The story centered around a student here, Carter Gentillhomme.  He served in Afghanistan before deciding to study here and, while abroad, faced such horrors as snipers, shrapnel and suicide bombers.  I met Carter last year at Leadership Camp and I knew that he served in Afghanistan but I had no idea what he did there. I thought it was really inspiring to read the story of a student who experienced so much and who gave so much to his country.  I have so much respect for Carter after reading this article.  On a more "journalistic" note, I thought the quotes the author used were very effective at not only portraying Carter's personality but everything he went through, what he experienced and how he felt about his term in Afghanistan.