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Military vs. Civilian: What makes you different from Me?
Many times during a military career, one might encounter hundreds- maybe thousands- of questions. They range from “What is your average day like?” and Continue Reading
Hypervigilance: Are You Always Alert?
We were in the middle of Subject Control and Arrest Techniques in the Police Academy when I earned the name “Code Red.” If my bearing and violence in Continue Reading
How Trekking Enhances Fitness and Well-being For Veterans
A veteran’s successful transition to civilian life depends heavily on maintaining good health and fitness. However, finding the right way to achieve Continue Reading
Bridging the Gap: Framing America’s Civ-Mil Problem
Despite being engaged in the longest period of constant warfare in United States history, the percentage of Americans who have served in the armed 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
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Fear of Failure
There is an old Japanese proverb, which goes, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” When I first read this as a boy studying Isshin-ryū karate, it Continue Reading
Deployed to America: The Final Battlefield
by Cleo DeLoner When I left Somalia in April of 1993, I didn’t realize I was deploying to America. That’s right, I deployed to America, to fight a Continue Reading
Reorienting your life in every possible way for success
by Matt Lambdin This first appeared in 18 Series Bag Company on March 26, 2022. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Re-Entry
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank's blog on September 16, 2016. It is republished here with the author's permission. "My mother is Continue Reading
Military Veterans and “Fresh Air Poisoning”
Originally published by Dave Hartmann on his blog, "Davestories." This first appeared in The Havok Journal on January 15, 2019. _____ “I never saw a Continue Reading
Transition Dispatch: Part Three
It has been nearly two months since I picked up my DD-214 at Fort Bragg. My entry into civilian life is going well, partly due to familiarity with the Continue Reading