Wounded Airman: 'Absolute privilege to defend America'
Staff Sgt. Matthew Slaydon talks about his injuries and subsequent rehabilitation during the Alamo Chapter of the Air Force Association's "Combat Breakfast" held Nov. 3 at the Enlisted Club at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Sergeant Slaydon was an explosive ordnance technician wounded in October 2007 in Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joel Martinez)