I hoped all my reservations would melt away as I donned the dusty uniform. I hoped that my every hesitation was nothing more than the obsessive Continue Reading
Drinking It Away, if Only for a Moment
What could they possibly know? What could the world know about the things we drink away, if only for those few moments? To get a moment's reprieve Continue Reading
The Lyrics that Define
I wanted to live the life of The Rooster. To find a bond as deep In Color. To live the reality of Sgt. MacKenzie’s March. To be Johnny Boy’s Continue Reading
Violations of the Oath Lead to Traitors of the Profession
I have long pondered how the deeply dedicated become “traitors” to the profession. How does one seemingly transition from such Continue Reading
How Ranger Regiment Ruined My Life | The Rebuttal
How Ranger Regiment Enriched My Life When I logged onto social media today, I was taken aback. There it was, “How Ranger Regiment Ruined My Continue Reading
Ranger Regiment Ruined My Life
Rarely do I write with the intent to post. Most of my words are written so I might make some sense of my life. They are then shared in a fit of liquid Continue Reading
The Cost of Never Forgetting
People often remark on my seemingly impeccable memory. They wonder what such a gift might bring them, but they do not heed my warnings. They imagine a Continue Reading
When Hope Holds Its Breath
After all the years of disappointment, I cannot help but feel almost emotionless. The idea of being a father—of loving and raising children as I never Continue Reading
We All Made It, Alive
I see the dull rays of sunshine through the settling dust. With every slow step forward, they become brighter. Every unexpected gust sends Continue Reading
Standing in the All Too Familiar
There I stood, yet again, in an all too familiar place. I stood in the haunting echoes of Taps. I watched the flawless motions of the Continue Reading
Why Cops Should Train to Failure… Not Perfection
With every rep of training, I felt myself kicking off the dust from the last few years. With every rep came the AAR, something I have long felt we do Continue Reading
“Let me tell you what really happened”
We sat an arm’s length away in the confines of litigation. So close, yet still so divided. The interactions were always with at least a degree of Continue Reading