COWELL BEACH — For some veterans, the hardest part about combat is enduring normality at home after war.
For Kyle Kelly, a former Army combat engineer from “the sticks” of Northeast Texas, the Stateside adjustment was eased by surfing.
“When you’re in combat, you can only control that so much. The best thing that you can do is to control how you react to it and hope you make the best decision,” Kelly said as he watched his fellow service men and women ride their first waves at Cowell Beach on Friday morning. “It’s no different in the water. You can’t stop the waves from … More