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Combat Stress Reaction Treatment and Why It Works
When we first came home from Iraq, we landed in New Jersey. We remained on base for a couple of weeks to get "acclimated back to the civilian world." Continue Reading
Insomnia: Demon of Destruction and Peace
Night after night I lay awake, long after the light of day has settled beyond the horizon. The struggle that ensues is one all too familiar. It has Continue Reading
Before the Cut
The dream is back. I’m an Operating Room (OR) nurse again. The dreams always return when I get too close to the years I’ve sealed away. I’m in a Continue Reading
You Sent Us to War Now Listen
My war has been over for nearly two decades. I took off the uniform, balled it up, and shoved it deep inside a musty green Army duffel bag. It now Continue Reading
Finding Fulfillment: “A Warriors Quest for Serenity”
By Chuck Ritter This first appeared in Objective Arete and is republished with permission. In your mind’s eye, travel far ahead into the Continue Reading
Speak Only to Improve the Silence
There’s a kind of silence that comes with age, and experience, and, if we're lucky, wisdom. Sometimes in the military it’s the silence that settles 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
You Ain’t Got to Lie to Kick It
My old field training officer (FTO), now friend and former Marine, once looked at a guy and said, “you ain’t got to lie to kick it.” This man was a Continue Reading
In a Flash, I Saw All of My Boy’s Future Birthdays
By Greg Longey Popular culture, old wives’ tales, movies, and books told me that my life would flash before my eyes during a near-death Continue Reading
The Only Thing in this World I’ve Ever Truly Loved
I found this gem this morning, in a story about a possible remake of the movie 9 to 5: "Tomlin explained that in addition to being a comedy, the Continue Reading
What Is Cloud Computing? Basics, Fundamentals, and Technology Explained
The year 2026 marks a turning point where the question of what exactly constitutes the cloud has moved from a technical curiosity to the very Continue Reading