Some of the Team Leaders were more "aggressive" than others. For some reason, Team 4 always had a Team Leader the "aggressive" ones called NUTS. Of Continue Reading
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Things You Shouldn’t Miss About the Military
Many days we tend to be nostalgic about all the wonderful times we had in uniform. As a reminder, I came up with a list of things not to miss: Taking Continue Reading
A UK Soldier Goes to War
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in Vocal.Media as "Desert Meanderings" in May 2021. It is republished here with the author'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
Paratroopers of WWII: Double Volunteers
When soldiers are asked why they volunteered for the paratroopers, their responses come in many forms. Many men signed up to be in the Airborne Continue Reading
Roots of Airborne Success: The Parachute Test Platoon
The American Airborne concept first suggested in World War I, became a need heading into World War II. The war started years before direct American Continue Reading
The Void and the Legacy: How My Veteran Brother’s Suicide Affected Me… and the World Around Me
by anonymous I felt compelled to share a part of me I have not shared with anyone before, in an effort that it reaches even one person in need of a Continue Reading
The Army Needs to Stop Its Institutional Gender Discrimination Policies… Towards Men
Although first published in The Havok Journal on August 24, 2015, the subject remains just as relevant today. For example, on April 19, 2022, The Continue Reading
A Green Beret Leaves the Service: How to Ruin Your Transition in Five Ways
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on January 2, 2019. Oh, so you're getting out of the military? I did it a year ago. Here's what NOT to Continue Reading
No More Warrior Culture? This is a Call to Arms
by Trevor Thiel We are not raising a generation of warriors anymore. Think about it. The warrior culture that was once celebrated and embraced even Continue Reading
Army Life: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
by Nick Perna If you take two privates and lock them in a closet with a five hundred pound steel BB, when you come back an hour later they will Continue Reading
A Ranger Calls for Kindness
This article won’t go viral because I am not the one that should be writing it. I am not an academic at an institute of higher learning; or a social Continue Reading