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Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
Twenty years after Medal of Honor recipient Michael Monsoor gave his life for his brothers, we still carry his sacrifice and the memory of all our Continue Reading
December 19
By an Anonymous USAF Brat It was cold. Not the New England kind of cold but the bitter, biting, wind-driven cold on an overcast day that fit what Continue Reading
Want to Know the Morale of a Police Department? Ask the Cops
If someone asked me how to determine the morale of a police department, my first question would be simple. Who are you asking? If you are sitting down Continue Reading
Excerpt from Costa’s War
By Mark Rubinstein Editor's Note: This excerpt from Mark Rubinstein’s Costa’s War follows a young soldier’s arrival in Vietnam in 1968 and the Continue Reading
Your DD-214 Is Not a Doctorate
America used to have veterans. Now we have veteran brands. A man once came home from military service, found a job, raised a family, complained Continue Reading
A Million Zeroes Still Don’t Add Up to One
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once wrote something that should probably be posted in every headquarters, corporate boardroom, and executive office in Continue Reading
The Only One Who Doesn’t Ask Why
By Nickolas Jacobs (N.C. Jacobs) There's a specific kind of quiet that happens in a patrol car at three in the morning, after a call that didn't go Continue Reading
Stop Building the Enemy’s Biography
By Juan Pablo Vivaldi Remy Every staff I have served on eventually does the same thing when intelligence grows thin: someone starts building the Continue Reading
The Pentagon Has Forward Deployed Your Social Security Number
There are few traditions more sacred in the American military than mandatory cyber training. Somewhere, right now, a staff sergeant is clicking Continue Reading
Things War Movies Made Me Think I’d Do in the Army
Based on watching war movies, these are some of the things I thought I’d be doing in the Army, but didn’t. Peeling potatoes as a form of Continue Reading
Why a Change of Scenery Can Help When You Feel Stuck
We have all experienced those moments when our minds feel completely drained. You sit at your desk, staring at a blank document or a complex problem, Continue Reading