We are thanked for our service numerous times a day. Sometimes we don’t even know how anyone knew to thank us. Maybe it’s our demeanor, maybe it’s our Continue Reading
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You Have Plenty of Ranger School Left in You
by Dave Campisano I think we can all agree that Ranger School is the epitome of what it means to suck. 62 days of being tired, hungry, pissed off, Continue Reading
The Invisible War in My Brain
by Jesse Sage Looking at me, you would never know that I have an injury I will deal with for the rest of my life. You will not see a broken bone, a Continue Reading
One Question Every Veteran Wants to Answer
Civilians sincerely want to learn how to better approach veterans today in America, and the solution is far simpler than it appears at face Continue Reading
Thoughts on 11 September: A Special Operations Perspective
by Maj Gen (Ret.) Buck Elton and LTC Mike Kelvington This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 11, 2021. September 11th, 2001 was Continue Reading
Written in Taliban
by Matthew "Griff" Griffin and Scott "Longboard" Chapman This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 16, 2021. It has been updated and Continue Reading
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We Should Not Look at Death as a Reward
Meditations of an Army Ranger: We should not look at death as a reward – But our thought of death should remind us of our lives. “Only the dead have Continue Reading
An Army Ranger’s Perspective On Happiness
by Kasey Pipitt, Army Ranger Veteran When I look in the mirror, I see a man who doesn’t know what he’s looking at. A man who has never truly known. A Continue Reading
Not Being There
by James Webb Not being there in the suck was probably the toughest part of this war to me, at least. I had the opportunity to attend the world's Continue Reading
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Rangers Lead the Way
"These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the Continue Reading
The Difference Between “Special Operations” and “Special Forces”
Possibly one of the most pervasive yet irritating missteps that the media and public in general make about the military is the use of the terms Continue Reading
The Ranger
You can’t put your finger on it, and you can’t quite identify what it is. It is a certain presence that resides permanently around him. He stands Continue Reading