The experience of going through an armed checkpoint in Iraq or Afghanistan is stressful for everyone—which is why military juries give a lot of leeway to soldiers who squeeze the trigger early and guess wrong. But these three pardon-recipients were not scared kids.

— Graeme Wood (@gcaw) November 17, 2019

Is it possible to improve on this tweet? “Volunteers to do the unthinkable” is the exactly right choice of words https://t.co/2YnmlkkLRg

— Graeme Wood (@gcaw) November 17, 2019