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Hero armed cop stopped synagogue massacre in Canada as Jewish group calls for armed guards

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When a gunman approached a police cruiser outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, during Yom Kippur, approximately two dozen people were praying inside.

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The armed officer sitting outside was not part of a permanent security system available to every synagogue in Canada. Police had dispatched him after receiving a report about a suspicious vehicle. That decision may have prevented a massacre. 

«The only thing that stood in the way of every congregant of that shul being murdered was the presence of an armed police officer,» Simon Wolle, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, told Fox News Digital.

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A forensics officer points towards a police vehicle (out of frame) at the scene of a shooting the Sons of Jacob Synagogue where a man armed with a shotgun exchanged gun fire with a police officer stationed outside of the Synagogue late Sunday evening as people were arriving for Yom Kippur. The suspects shotgun can be seen lying on the ground adjacent the officer. PD Nick Lachance/Toronto Star Nick Lachance/Toronto Star (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Police said last week’s shooting was a deliberate, hate-motivated attack targeting the Jewish community. According to authorities, 29-year-old Sean Ward approached Belleville Police Constable Jeff Smith and allegedly shouted, «You are going to die for the Jews,» before firing a shotgun at him.

Smith was struck multiple times while still inside his vehicle. Despite his injuries, he emerged from the cruiser and returned fire. A second officer arrived within minutes and joined the confrontation. Ward later died at a hospital.

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Smith remains hospitalized after suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body and serious head trauma. Belleville Police Chief Murray Rodd said Smith faces multiple surgeries and a «lengthy and challenging» recovery, but said the officer is «making progress every day.»

Smith’s wife, Ashley, has also spoken publicly about her husband’s recovery, describing the shooting as «the scariest and darkest day of our lives.»

«My words aren’t strong or steady yet, but I knew I needed to find them,» she wrote. «I needed to use my voice for my dear Jeff, until he is able to use his.»

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Shots seen on a truck in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, Sept. 21, condemned a shooting outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on an evening that left a police officer wounded as members of the Jewish community gathered for Yom Kippur services. (CTV screenshot via Reuters)

Ashley Smith also addressed the Jewish community directly, thanking those who have supported her husband and their family. «Please know that your love, your prayers and your support have reached us,» she wrote. «We are deeply grateful. We love you, we see you, we pray for you.»

She said her husband still faces «a very long, difficult road ahead,» but added that he is surrounded by what she called «an army of love.»

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The worshipers inside the synagogue were not physically injured.

Investigators later disclosed that the gunman possessed what Belleville Police Chief Murray Rodd described as the «means, motive and mechanisms to cause a mass casualty and the destruction of the Jewish synagogue.» Police also reported discovering combustible materials inside the suspect’s vehicle.

«This individual had the means, the intention, the deliberate plans and the capacity to conduct a murderous massacre,» Wolle said.

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Anti-Israel protesters gather outside the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue on March 7, 2024. The place of worship was one of three synagogues shot in the first week of March 2026. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

For Wolle, the attack exposed more than a violent act of antisemitism. It revealed a legal and security system that he believes leaves Canadian Jewish institutions dangerously vulnerable.

B’nai Brith Canada is calling for changes to federal and provincial laws that would allow synagogues, Jewish schools and other vulnerable institutions to hire qualified armed security guards.

«There is currently no legislation in place that allows for Jewish institutions to hire the kind of armed protection that may be necessary,» Wolle said.

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Canada’s firearms regulations are controlled at the federal level, while private security is also governed through separate provincial rules. Wolle said those frameworks must be aligned so institutions confronting credible threats have a lawful way to employ trained, licensed armed guards.

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At present, he said, Jewish institutions can ask police departments to increase patrols, although departments cannot always guarantee that an officer will be stationed outside. Communities can also try to hire paid-duty police officers, but availability remains limited.

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«So the only option right now for the Jewish community to protect itself from the unprecedented amount of violent attacks taking place all across this country is to plead with local police services to come by if they can,» Wolle said. «They will not guarantee that they will do so in most circumstances.»

That leaves Jewish communities spending their own money to reinforce buildings, install surveillance systems and hire officers when available.

«Right now, the Jewish community is using its own money primarily to build walls, put up stronger fences, add cameras and then pay for the privilege of having an armed police officer,» Wolle said. «Our lives are being threatened across the country, and the government hasn’t taken the steps to offer the necessary protection.»

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B’nai Brith has made two requests. It wants laws amended to permit qualified armed private security at vulnerable Jewish institutions and it wants the government to fund an increased police presence at those locations.

Wolle said the burden of protecting Jewish Canadians from targeted violence should not rest solely on the people being threatened.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Sept. 17, 2026. Carney welcomed a proposal by European Commission President for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member and rejected threats by President Donald Trump over Ottawa’s push for closer ties with the European Union. (AFP via Getty Images)

«The government needs to meet its most basic obligation and responsibility, which is to protect its citizens,» he said.

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The numbers provide a stark context for his concerns. Statistics Canada recorded 788 police-reported hate crimes targeting Jewish people in 2025, representing more than 70% of all reported religiously motivated hate crimes that year.

Wolle said Jewish Canadians constitute only approximately 1% to 2% of the country’s population, yet remain overwhelmingly affected by religiously motivated hate crimes. Preliminary data from B’nai Brith’s 2026 annual audit indicate that violent antisemitic incidents have already more than tripled compared with the total recorded throughout 2025.

«There is a national crisis of Jew hatred in Canada,» Wolle said.

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B’nai Brith has been warning for months that antisemitic violence is accelerating. Wolle said the organization submitted recommendations and concrete plans to different levels of government before the Belleville attack.

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A man fixes the lock of the doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah as police investigate an alleged arson at the synagogue in the suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux in Montreal, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

«We’ve been calling for many things from all levels of government,» he said. «We provided concrete action plans to each.»

The shooting has intensified the organization’s demand that lawmakers treat the security of Jewish institutions as an emergency rather than another subject for future discussion.

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«The most urgent thing that is needed is a mechanism for there to be armed protection of Jewish institutions that are under attack right now in Canada,» Wolle said.

He emphasized that B’nai Brith is not calling for firearms to be placed indiscriminately inside synagogues and schools. Its proposal concerns trained, vetted and qualified security professionals operating under a clearly defined legal framework.

«If we don’t have enough armed officers, then we need legislative frameworks changed to allow for alternative armed guards to protect Jewish institutions,» Wolle said.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Belleville attack and called on anyone with information to contact law enforcement.

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Temple Emanu-El in Toronto, Canada was shot at on March 3, 2026. No injuries were reported. (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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«On the holiest night of the Jewish calendar, a shooting took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville,» Carney said. «Jewish people must be able to worship safely. To live free, open, proud Jewish lives.»

Wolle welcomes expressions of support, but said Canadian Jews now need their government to move beyond statements.

«The government gives us words and no action,» he added.

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Belleville offered a disturbing picture of what could have happened without an armed officer outside. The congregants did not know that a man police say was driven by hatred had allegedly arrived with weapons and the capacity to cause mass casualties.

One report of a suspicious vehicle led to one officer being placed outside. That officer, Wolle stressed, became the barrier between the gunman and the people praying inside.

«In the wake of these harrowing events, Canada’s Jewish community cannot wait any longer for the government to act,» he said.

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The people inside Sons of Jacob survived. Wolle’s warning is that Canada cannot depend on chance, a suspicious-vehicle report or the availability of a single officer the next time a Jewish institution is targeted.

«This is not a Jewish community problem,» he said. «This is a Canadian problem.»

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Dos hermanos de 8 y 11 años llevan casi dos semanas desaparecidos en la Amazonía de Ecuador

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La desaparición de dos hermanos de 8 y 11 años en la provincia amazónica de Napo, en Ecuador, mantiene movilizadas a las autoridades y a sus familiares desde hace casi dos semanas. Flor Aracely Andi Alvarado y Leodan Bolívar Andi Alvarado fueron vistos por última vez el 30 de octubre, cuando regresaban de su establecimiento educativo. La Policía Nacional ha ejecutado dos allanamientos y busca a una persona presuntamente vinculada con el caso, mientras continúa sin conocerse el paradero de los menores.

Los hermanos estudiaban en la Unidad Educativa Elicio Olalla, ubicada en el sector de Santa Rosa, en el cantón Tena. Aquel viernes terminaron sus actividades escolares aproximadamente a las 10:30 y emprendieron el recorrido habitual hacia su vivienda, situada en la comunidad de Vista Anzu. Sin embargo, nunca llegaron a su domicilio, lo que llevó a sus familiares a iniciar una búsqueda que posteriormente derivó en la intervención de las autoridades.

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Según la información publicada por Primicias, los niños acostumbraban a utilizar transporte público para desplazarse entre la escuela y su comunidad. El trayecto incluía un recorrido en autobús y otro en camioneta, por lo que el desplazamiento completo podía tomar alrededor de una hora. La desaparición ocurrió durante ese recorrido, en circunstancias que todavía no han sido esclarecidas por los investigadores.

La Alerta Emilia para Flor Andi

Una de las principales pistas procede de grabaciones de cámaras de seguridad revisadas por la familia. Sisa Alvarado, madre de los menores, relató que las imágenes muestran a sus hijos descendiendo de un autobús en Puerto Napo y posteriormente subiendo a una motocicleta. De acuerdo con su testimonio, un hombre habría permanecido en las inmediaciones antes de acercarse a los hermanos.

La mujer también señaló que la motocicleta habría tomado una dirección que podría conducir hacia Puyo, capital de la provincia de Pastaza. No obstante, esa posible ruta no ha sido confirmada oficialmente por la Policía, que mantiene bajo reserva los detalles de las diligencias destinadas a reconstruir los últimos movimientos de los niños.

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El caso motivó la activación de la Alerta Emilia el 1 de noviembre, mecanismo ecuatoriano destinado a facilitar la localización de niños y adolescentes desaparecidos cuando existen circunstancias que pueden comprometer su integridad. La difusión de las fotografías y características físicas de los hermanos busca ampliar las posibilidades de obtener información sobre su ubicación.

Flor Aracely tiene 11 años y mide aproximadamente 1,50 metros, mientras que Leodan Bolívar tiene 8 años y una estatura cercana a 1,30 metros. Ambos tienen cabello y ojos negros. Según las fichas de búsqueda difundidas por las autoridades, al momento de su desaparición vestían prendas correspondientes a su uniforme escolar.

La Alerta Emilia para Leodan Andi

La investigación registró nuevos movimientos durante los días siguientes. Según informó Ecuavisa el 10 de noviembre, el jefe del Distrito Tena de la Policía Nacional, Cristian Cuñas, confirmó que agentes de la Dirección Nacional de Investigación de Delitos contra la Vida, Muertes Violentas, Desapariciones, Extorsión y Secuestros (Dinased) realizaron dos allanamientos como parte de las diligencias.

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El oficial también informó sobre la existencia de una boleta emitida dentro de la investigación y la búsqueda de una persona relacionada con el caso. Sin embargo, las autoridades no han divulgado su identidad ni han precisado públicamente la naturaleza de esa disposición judicial. Tampoco se han comunicado detenciones o resultados concluyentes derivados de los procedimientos ejecutados.

La reserva sobre estos elementos impide establecer, por el momento, si la persona buscada corresponde al conductor de la motocicleta que aparece en el relato de la madre. Asimismo, no existe una confirmación oficial de que los menores hayan sido víctimas de un secuestro, aunque las circunstancias de su desaparición son objeto de investigación.

Mientras avanzan las diligencias, la familia ha solicitado que se amplíe la revisión de los registros de videovigilancia disponibles en terminales, paradas de transporte y carreteras. La intención es identificar otros posibles desplazamientos de los niños después de abandonar el autobús y establecer si existen imágenes adicionales que permitan reconstruir su recorrido.

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Los niños desparecieron después de ir a la escuela. (Extra)

De acuerdo con información recogida por Diario Extra, los investigadores también acudieron al lugar de residencia del padre de los menores, de quien la madre se encuentra separada desde hace más de dos años. Los niños no fueron localizados en ese sitio. No se ha informado de elementos que permitan atribuir responsabilidad al progenitor por la desaparición.

El caso ha generado preocupación entre los habitantes de Napo y motivado expresiones públicas de solidaridad con la familia. Allegados y ciudadanos han participado en movilizaciones para solicitar que se mantengan las operaciones de búsqueda y se esclarezcan las circunstancias en las que desaparecieron los hermanos.

La provincia de Napo forma parte de la Amazonía ecuatoriana, una región caracterizada por extensas zonas rurales, comunidades dispersas y vías de comunicación que conectan poblaciones ubicadas a considerables distancias. En este contexto, la reconstrucción de los desplazamientos de los menores y la identificación de los vehículos utilizados constituyen aspectos relevantes de la investigación.

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Hasta el 11 de noviembre de 2026, han transcurrido 12 días desde que Flor Aracely y Leodan Bolívar desaparecieron. La información pública más reciente sobre las actuaciones policiales corresponde a los allanamientos y las diligencias reportadas el día anterior, sin que se haya anunciado oficialmente su localización.

Las autoridades ecuatorianas mantienen el llamado a la ciudadanía para que cualquier persona que disponga de información verificable sobre el paradero de los hermanos se comunique con el ECU 911 o con la línea 1800 DELITO (335486). La familia continúa esperando noticias mientras la investigación busca determinar qué ocurrió después de que ambos niños abandonaron su recorrido habitual de regreso a casa.

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Quién es Leonardo Bertulazzi, el integrante de las Brigadas Rojas italianas que se fugó en San Telmo

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Leonardo Bertulazzi tiene 74 años, es italiano y formó parte de las Brigadas Rojas, una organización armada de extrema izquierda que protagonizó una serie de secuestros, atentados y asesinatos durante las décadas de 1970 y 1980. Este martes, su nombre volvió a quedar en el centro de la escena después de que escapara del arresto domiciliario que cumplía en un departamento del barrio porteño de San Telmo, mientras esperaba ser extraditado a su país.

El exintegrante de la organización tenía una condena de 27 años de prisión dictada por la Justicia italiana. Uno de los principales hechos por los que fue sentenciado fue el secuestro del ingeniero naval Pietro Costa, ocurrido en enero de 1977.

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Además, las investigaciones lo vincularon con tareas logísticas relacionadas con el secuestro del ex primer ministro italiano Aldo Moro, uno de los episodios más resonantes de la historia política de Italia.

Su participación en las Brigadas Rojas

Bertulazzi integró la columna de Génova de las Brigadas Rojas, una de las estructuras territoriales de la organización. El grupo armado desarrolló buena parte de su actividad durante los llamados años de plomo, un período marcado por la violencia política, los atentados y los enfrentamientos entre organizaciones extremistas en Italia.

El 12 de enero de 1977, el ingeniero naval Pietro Costa fue secuestrado por integrantes de la organización. Costa pertenecía a una familia vinculada con la industria de los astilleros y permaneció cautivo hasta fines de marzo de ese año, cuando fue liberado después del pago de un rescate.

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Leonardo Bertulazzi en una imagen de archivo (Foto: Dyn)

Por ese episodio y su pertenencia a la organización armada, Bertulazzi recibió una condena de 27 años de prisión. La sentencia quedó firme en Italia. Su nombre también apareció relacionado con el secuestro de Aldo Moro, quien había sido primer ministro italiano y era una de las figuras más importantes de la Democracia Cristiana.

El secuestro y asesinato de Aldo Moro

El 16 de marzo de 1978, un comando de las Brigadas Rojas interceptó el vehículo en el que viajaba Moro, asesinó a sus cinco custodios y secuestró al dirigente político en Roma.

El ex primer ministro permaneció cautivo durante 55 días. Finalmente, el 9 de mayo de ese año, su cuerpo fue encontrado dentro de un automóvil abandonado en el centro de la capital italiana.

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Bertulazzi fue señalado por su participación en tareas logísticas de la organización durante ese período. Si bien su condena de 27 años estuvo vinculada principalmente con el secuestro de Pietro Costa, su trayectoria dentro de las Brigadas Rojas también quedó asociada a uno de los crímenes más impactantes de la historia contemporánea italiana.

Sus primeros años prófugo y su llegada a la Argentina

Bertulazzi permaneció prófugo durante décadas. Llegó a la Argentina en 2002 y ese mismo año fue detenido por primera vez, aunque recuperó la libertad meses después.

En 2004 obtuvo el reconocimiento como refugiado político, una condición que impidió que avanzara su extradición a Italia. De esa manera, pudo permanecer en el país durante años pese a los requerimientos de la Justicia italiana.

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La situación cambió en agosto de 2024, cuando el Gobierno argentino le retiró esa condición y volvió a detenerlo en Buenos Aires, después de un operativo de inteligencia en el que participaron distintas áreas del Estado.

Leonardo Bertulazzi al ser detenido en 2003 en la Argentina (Foto de archivo: AP)
Leonardo Bertulazzi al ser detenido en 2003 en la Argentina (Foto de archivo: AP)

Desde entonces, permanecía bajo arresto domiciliario mientras se resolvía el proceso de extradición. La Corte Suprema de Justicia había declarado procedente el pedido de Italia, aunque todavía quedaban cuestiones judiciales pendientes vinculadas con su anterior condición de refugiado.

Tras la fuga, el Gobierno nacional oficializó una recompensa de $20 millones para quienes aporten información que permita localizar y detener a Bertulazzi.

La medida quedó establecida mediante la Resolución 1168/2026, publicada en el Boletín Oficial, en el marco del Programa Nacional de Recompensas. Quienes tengan información sobre su paradero pueden comunicarse de manera gratuita con la línea 134.

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Dakota Meyer survived a battle he thought would kill him. 15 years after leaving the Marines, he went back

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Fifteen years after Dakota Meyer left the Marine Corps, the Medal of Honor recipient decided to put the uniform back on — becoming the first with the award to ever reenlist.

Meyer was 36. He had fought in Afghanistan, struggled with the transition home from war and spent years building a life outside the military. But he said the desire to serve never went away.

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«Every day after I took that uniform off, that desire to serve didn’t just end because my commitment to the country did,» Meyer told Digital in an interview ahead of Veterans Day.

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Meyer rejects the idea that receiving the Medal of Honor meant he had already done enough.

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«I think sometimes it’s looked at as you’ve done your part, and I am wholeheartedly against that,» he said. «I believe that the only time you’ve done your part is when you’ve done all that you can.»

For Meyer, Veterans Day is a reminder that service does not necessarily end when someone leaves the military.

«Sometimes we look at the veteran title as it is something that represents something we’ve done,» Meyer said. «And it’s not. It’s something that we are doing, and it is something that we can continue to do.»

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Meyer re-enlisted in 2025 and later entered the training pipeline to become a reconnaissance Marine, completing the grueling course in his late 30s.

«To be able to do that at 38, it was definitely one of the — hands down — probably the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do,» Meyer said.

His first stint in the Marines had taken him to Afghanistan, where at 21 he fought in the 2009 Battle of Ganjgal in Kunar Province.

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Meyer had been assigned to remain with the vehicles at a rally point while other members of his team accompanied Afghan troops toward the village roughly a mile away. The patrol was ambushed by more than 50 insurgents firing from fortified positions on the surrounding slopes.

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Meyer and Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez could hear the battle unfolding over the radio. Four members of Meyer’s team were trapped inside the ambush.

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After repeatedly asking for permission to go in, Meyer and Rodriguez-Chavez drove toward the fighting, with Meyer manning the gun turret.

«I think often we try to make these decisions as if it’s some heroic decision, and it’s really not,» Meyer said. «It’s just about following through on what my promise that I had made to them.»

The pair made repeated trips into the ambush, helping evacuate wounded troops as Meyer continued searching for his teammates.

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«I think it was at that point that I did realize that I just accepted that I was going to die,» Meyer recalled. «But I was gonna make sure that I would do everything I could up until that last breath.»

His four teammates were ultimately found dead. Meyer would receive the Medal of Honor for his actions that day.

Leaving the Marines the following year brought a different battle.

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«I struggled. I mean, I struggled,» Meyer said. «The horrors of war definitely haunted me when I got out.»

Meyer said one of the hardest parts of returning to civilian life was figuring out what could replace the sense of purpose he had found in the military.

«The hardest part was finding purpose,» he said. «It wasn’t about being successful in anything.»

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Eventually, he said, he realized that neither money nor professional success was what he was looking for. He wanted to feel that his work had an impact.

Years later, while speaking to a group of Marines at Camp Pendleton, that question of purpose came back to him in a different way.

A Marine attending a leadership course told Meyer he was deciding whether to reenlist. He had a family and could make more money outside the military, but he loved serving.

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«Do you think it’s still worth serving?» he asked.

Meyer said yes, but the answer bothered him.

«I felt it was one of the most unbecoming things that I had ever said back to that crowd,» Meyer said, explaining that he was telling someone else to accept the sacrifices of continued service while he was free to return to civilian life.

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«I told them that I would walk out of there and I would go about reenlisting or I would never say that to anybody again.»

It ultimately took Meyer about two years to return to the Marines.

Once back, he pursued a goal he had held since first seeing a Recon Marine poster in a recruiting office as a young man.

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«They were the people that we were all trying to be inside of the Marine Corps,» Meyer said.

At 37 and 38, keeping up physically wasn’t necessarily the problem, but recovering felt different.

«What got me was the cumulative fatigue at my age,» Meyer said. «These kids can recover like nothing else.»

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The experience also gave Meyer a close look at a generation of Marines nearly two decades younger than the one he had served alongside in Afghanistan.

He came away impressed.

«When we talk about service members or this next generation being weaker, it’s absolutely not the case,» Meyer said. «These kids are hands down, they will rise to the level of expectation that is set for them.»

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Meyer said the Marine Corps itself has changed since he left in 2010, but he viewed much of that change as necessary. He recalled younger Marines giving him an hour-long lesson on their «new language» during a break in training and said he often found himself learning from them.

«They do things a lot smarter,» Meyer said. «I found myself learning a lot more from them than I did them probably learning from me.»

He said today’s young service members don’t have a «generational problem,» and said they still want the challenge, purpose and sense of belonging that drew those to serve before them.

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