ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — Army veteran Ryan Kules rows inside his Severna Park home not for competition, but for purpose. Every pull on the rowing machine carries the weight of two decades and a memory that changed his life forever.

"I was coming back with my unit from an early morning raid on a house, coming back into our installation, and we drove over a very big improvised explosive device, cut my truck in half," Kules said.

The explosion in Iraq in November 2005 killed two of his soldiers — Sergeants Hasse and Mills. Kules was thrown nearly 100 feet from the vehicle, losing his right arm and left leg instantly.

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