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LOCAL HERO | ANDREW NATHAN 30 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com
SERVING VETERANS WITH A PURPOSE Andrew Nathan Desires to Leave Everything on the Line WRITTEN BY: ALEXIS SWENSON PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA Andrew (“Drew”) Nathan is an Employment Coordinator for the Fargo Veterans Affairs Department carrying out his personal life mission of serving others. After graduating college, Nathan enlisted in the Army. With three jobs to choose from, Nathan became an Intel Signals Analyst. His first assignment was serving in Korea for a year. Afterward, Nathan submitted his Officer Candidate School (OCS) packet and was selected for OCS in February 2001. During his Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course in Fort Benning, G.A., 9/11 took place. “Our Infantry Officer Basic instructors came out to tell us there was something happening. As infantry, we realized we were probably going to have to fight...in the Middle East. Training picked up exponentially after that,” said Nathan. Nathan was then required to complete further education. He passed Airborne School following his first attempt at Ranger School. Nathan was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division as a Platoon Leader and was deployed to Afghanistan on January 2, 2003. Deployment From the moment their boots hit the ground, the 82nd was in continuous motion. <strong>The</strong>y were responsible for finding weapons and capturing high value targets, putting the soldiers in constant danger. Due to the well-established network within country, capturing high value targets was complicated—oftentimes the platoon would arrive mere minutes after the target escaped. “In February we were told we’d been assigned a big mission to capture a very high value target. We didn’t know who we were getting. We linked up with a 2nd Ranger regiment and a Navy Seal team for a joint operation. We were getting ready for a combat air mission,” said Nathan. <strong>The</strong> platoon jumped on the night of February 25th, 2003 to provide security and secure the landing zone for the Navy Seal team. “We came to find out that the Navy Seals had captured the high value urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 31
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