by Nick Orton Like father, Like sons. Legacy runs deeper than blood. Boiling beneath the ego of boys, Yearning to be men. Camo paint Continue Reading
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Veteran’s Day: It’s Not All About Us
Editor's Note: In this well-argued piece sure to inspire controversy within the veteran community, a special guest writer (who must remain anonymous Continue Reading
After Combat, When is Love Worth Fighting For?
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on March 2, 2018, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
The Truth about Mortality and Immortality
Men of fairy tales, fables, and the like. Men of honor devoid of fear, who descend into the depths of hell in Atlas’s image carrying the world on Continue Reading
When Children are the Victims of War
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on December 31, 2018, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
I Wanted the Adrenaline Rush… I Still Do
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on October 26, 2021 [and HJ on November 1, 2021], as "Adrenalin[e] Rush." It is Continue Reading
Operation “One More Mission” | Military Veterans and First Responders Answering a New Call to Duty
by Operation "One More Mission"East Granby, CT –October 25, 2022– “A vote is the best way of getting the kind of country and the kind of world you Continue Reading
Voices from a Quiet War in Syria
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on October 17, 2019. It is republished so that the "quiet war in Syria" is not Continue Reading
Sword and Shield Revised
by Trey Tull We begin our lives all the same at birth and from there the years that follow we define our destinies and chart our impact on this world. Continue Reading
I am an addict.
Submitted by anonymous _____________ I am an addict. The first time someone tried to kill me I felt a flood of emotions. I felt fear. I felt Continue Reading
Chosen Man
by Chris Sharpe As the sun goes down, the moon and stars arise and soldiers “stand To” alert for enemy spies Listening out for contacts from Continue Reading
Somalia: Beyond “Black Hawk Down”
It may be nearly impossible today to find many veterans who don’t know the story of “Black Hawk Down.” One could argue that that event, or rather that Continue Reading