by Aaron Smith I smelled it, the first time. The stink of Fear, underscored by the whites of his eyes In the dead of night, We Men sent to take Continue Reading
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A Female Warrior – Through their Eyes – Warriors Heart
by Warriors Heart “Birthday parties are the worst,” recalls Sarah, a retired Army Captain having served for 15 years in the National Guard, Continue Reading
Battling PTS: Choose Not to be a Statistic
A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with PTSD, I knew something in my head wasn't right, but I refused to do anything about it. Big tough Army guy, Continue Reading
Shortcomings and Lessons Learned of a Ranger
by Kasey Pipitt Very recently I was a victim of my own wake-up call, one caused by no one other than myself. It was a real “look in the mirror” moment Continue Reading
The Button Box: A Tribute to My Brother—A Vietnam Vet
by Cheryl Palmer In honor of my brother, Gregory Allen Steenbergen, November 1, 1950–December 14, 2018 I was a young girl, maybe 14 or 15 years old, Continue Reading
Warriors: We Have Earned the Rest of Our Lives
by Joe DeCree To All My Brothers and Sister Warriors, I have been reading the traffic on this blog for a couple of years and it has helped me Continue Reading
Why I Ain’t No Fortunate Son
by anonymous It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no millionaire’s son...[i] And that, for me, and to be frank for many others like me, was how Continue Reading
Carry Your Spear
By Bam Bamrick While the grind of military life may well be a young man’s game, once you raise your right hand, take the Oath, and leave family and Continue Reading
What are We Entitled to as Veterans?
In a hair over two and a half weeks, I will be a civilian again, for the first time since I was 17 years old. For the first time since I raised my Continue Reading
Psych Ward Christmas
This first appeared in Frank’s blog on December 27, 2021. It is republished here with the author’s permission. __________________ Damn, it 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
Just a Dream
If I die in this godforsaken country, I swear that I will come back and haunt somebody! I think to myself as the sound of my heart beating frantically Continue Reading