I cocked my head so high the earth was beyond my peripheral. What remained was the full moon glowing down as thin scattered clouds swiftly blew Continue Reading
What I’ve Done Is Enough
The world is filled with the remnants of our past—insecurities fostered through turbulent childhoods, arrogance born from lives of privilege. We stand Continue Reading
One for the Airborne Ranger in the Sky
The name was once conceptual. It was a name from a list, one all but forgotten, from a time beyond anyone's living memory. The name is beyond anyone's Continue Reading
The Hidden Scars
We are the tales of A. A. Milne’s "Hundred Acre Woods." We are forever seeking to explain the bipolar results of war. How can we so rapidly Continue Reading
Great Warriors Stumble: The Silence of Suicide
The aftermath follows an all too familiar script. A post rich with the accomplishments and feeling about the warrior lost, though the reason is Continue Reading
Consuming Knowledge: I Can’t Turn it Off
I consume and consume. Every question unanswered or unknown is like an itch that must be scratched. My curiosity so expansive the subject Continue Reading
Saving Myself Through Saving Others
She stood there, confused, laughing. She held her bunny tight as she rubbed its ear, telling me she made sure bunny would not have to hear it. She Continue Reading
In Leadership, Ego Kills
When it comes to podcasts, I am a gluttonous consumer. I have to start with a plug to one of the best law enforcement tactical/leadership Continue Reading
The Story of How Jaded I Am
A song came on the radio today, an early 2000s song, one of those catchy ones whose meaning is lost. It's one of those songs that obviously lays Continue Reading
What I Learned from Eating with a Spoon
In the Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP), now the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP), I learned a lot of things through difficult and Continue Reading
Burdens of Saving a Life
Whether its provenance is fact or fiction, I hold it true: “Save a life and you are responsible for it.” My life forever changed in Continue Reading
This Ranger GWOT Vet is Nothing Special
Time and time again I have turned my thoughts into the written word. Where it started, I am not completely sure. It just seemed to be Continue Reading