"I possessed skills and capabilities that could somehow help," says Col. Frederick Lough, who left the Army in 1987 to go into private practice as a doctor. Twenty years later, the Army had a shortage of surgeons, so Col. Lough, then 58, answered the call and returned to the service. He was deployed twice to the frontlines of Afghanistan as a combat surgeon. | AARP

British Special Forces 2018 • SAS / SBS / SFSG