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In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 photo, Jordan Matson, 28, right, a former U.S. Army soldier from Sturtevant, Wis., takes a break with other fighters from the main Kurdish militia, the People's Protection Units, or YPG, in Sinjar, Iraq. Matson and dozens of other Westerners now fight with the Kurds, spurred on by Kurdish social media campaigners and a sense of duty many feel after Iraq, the target of a decade-long U.S.-led military campaign, collapsed under an Islamic State group offensive within days last summer. (AP Photo/Vivian Salama)

Jordan Matson, Wisconsin veteran, fights Islamic State with ‘Christ is Lord’ tactical vest

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

American Jordan Matson has reportedly left his home state of Wisconsin to join Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State group in Syria. (Image: Twitter, Kendal Derik)

Wisconsin man joins Syrian Kurds in fight against Islamic State: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times