April 14, 2021
Bay Area Afghanistan veterans recall painful war Evan Axelbank reports TAMPA, Fla. - Almost from the moment the Twin Towers fell, Col. DJ Reyes, Sgt. John Ubaldi, and Sgt. Ryan Cobin knew they would either be needed in Afghanistan -- or they would insist on going. "I left USF, went to a recruiters station, and by August 2002 I was headed to basic training," remembers Cobin. He was a medic who, during tours in 2005 and 2009, mostly treated anti-Taliban Afghan troops who had been hit by roadsi...