Air Force veteran Brandon Lingle is the newest member of the Editorial Board, and he shares his memories and reflections from his time deployed in Afghanistan.

"For a guy who spent nearly two decades in the military, I wasn't putting my positions out there," Lingle reflects on his transition from public affairs in the military, to a newsroom journalist, to Editorial Board columnist.

Read: Lingle: As Afghanistan falls, memories haunt

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