Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan Bring Their Leadership Skills Home

Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan Bring Their Leadership Skills Home
Brent Humphreys for TIME

Tim Fortney, Howard "Ford" Sypher and Rich Young
These veterans are members of Team Rubicon, which sends elite units of former noncoms to organize logistics in disaster zones like Haiti during the earthquake and Joplin, Missouri, after the tornado; they are often among the first to arrive on the scene.

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