As a 21-year-old Marine corporal, Eric Shelvy led a platoon in the Battle of Fallujah and landed on cover of Time magazine four years ago.

Sgt. Shelvy says he's still a fighter, but feels more 'seasoned' than the young man on this cover.

Shelvy doesn't dwell on the two tours of duty in Iraq that made him a combat veteran before other men his age had imbibed their first legal beer.

It's just a fact of his life--one he's proud of, to be sure, but one he speaks of with reserve.

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