(Where I met the ghosts of the living, but not of the dead) Arlington National Cemetery is a place that exists only in the imagination or deep Continue Reading
How Much of What Happens at War Should Stay at War?
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on October 24, 2018. Earlier this week, the Navy Times broke the story of Special Operations Chief Continue Reading
What You Need to Know about Burn Pit Exposures
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on April 24, 2019. It remains an important issue including recent legislation: Presumptive Benefits for War Continue Reading
Celebrity Deaths Magnify the Silence on Our Nation’s Fallen
Anyone, military or civilian, with connections to the military community, can relate to the feeling. A servicemember tragically passes. We feel the Continue Reading
6 Key Warrior Health Takeaways from the 2021 Navy SEAL Foundation Impact Forum
Each year, the Navy SEAL Foundation invites leading experts in the field of warrior health to a summit in San Diego, where care providers, veterans, Continue Reading
When Lightning Strikes Twice
It is very highly unlikely to achieve the career pinnacle of serving as one of a small handful of coaches at what is arguably the world’s premier Continue Reading
The Loss of Life in War is not a Sunk Cost: Why We Owe the Afghan People Better, and What the Military Community Can Do About It
In economics, there is a principle known as “the sunk cost.” The idea behind this principle is that resources invested into a project which are not Continue Reading
We Are The Useful Idiots: How Our Nation Divided is Playing Straight Into The Hands of Our Greatest Enemies
by Dr. Alice Atalanta, Ph.D. This first appeared in The Havok Journal on June 2, 2020. Unfortunately, the topics discussed remain just as relevant Continue Reading
LTC Dave Grossman On Building Cops Who Cannot Fail Us
How SEAL Team 6, Professional MMA Fighters, a clinical psychiatrist, and the best-known law enforcement trainer on the planet hold the key to solving Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: “No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin laden Raid” by Will Chesney with Joe Layden
Humble, soft-spoken, unassuming. In the era of Goggins and Jocko, when the alpha male bravado still reigns supreme, these words would hardly be the Continue Reading
U.S. Navy Asks for Trident to be Removed from Cover of “No Ordinary Dog,” Raising Freedom of Speech Questions That Should Concern all Veterans
U.S. Navy Asks for Trident to be Removed from Cover of “No Ordinary Dog,” Raising Freedom of Speech Questions That Should Concern all Veterans by Dr. Continue Reading
#FREEEDDIE: The Plight of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
I was caught off guard when Tim Parlatore, the attorney for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, returned my text message with a call from an out of state Continue Reading