Mireille Astore - Honourable Fears

Justin knew something about struggles. He spent months battling liver cancer, which spread and wracked his small body.
10-year-old Justin enlisted in the Army and was promoted at the Pentagon, climbed around inside an opulent limousine on his way to Fort Belvoir where he shot an M-16 with night-vision goggles and commanded an M-111 personnel carrier. Near day's end, the Army whisked him over Washington aboard a Blackhawk in a last-minute, unscheduled flight.
Instead of seeing Disney World, Justin had asked to join the Army family.