WAR HEROES ON WATER HONORS U.S. VETERANS

From 2004 to 2007, the city of Ramadi, Iraq, was one of the most violent and bloody places on the planet, where the American military was fighting a determined enemy and a steadfast insurgency. Mike Nares and Chris Moret served with the 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry Regiment on two deployments spanning 27 months of fighting to make peace in that city of turmoil. In 2009, both men were sent to Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, where they spent another tour conducting patrols and carrying out humanitarian missions. Nares was wounded twice over the course of his three deployments, receiving two Purple Heart medals: one from