As soon as I clicked on this, I knew Price wold find his way into the list. And personally, I would put Marcus or Cole above Dom, even though they're all manly.
Also, one of the war journals is Ben Carmine's cog tags and it comes with a letter to his brother, Clay, so I'm guessing he'll be in #3 to continue the alphabet of Carmines.
I agree with pretty much everything.
Only thing is Tai didn't fall flat for me and represented how even the strongest people could be broken and of the emotional effects of war, not just physical.
And the ending seemed really rushed. Not the Brumak-riding part, the lambent brumak part.