I think back on this memory, and I am reminded of the importance of being at home when you are there. If you know your career is going to take you Continue Reading
Doing the Right Thing, the Right Way, for the Right Reasons
If you’re in the military long enough you’re going to encounter suicide. I showed up at Coast Guard basic training on October 18th, 2010, and signed Continue Reading
The Emotions That Are Eating Us Alive
What comes to mind when you think of psychological therapy? Is it the expensive leather couch, a stuffy-looking doctor with a clipboard, and a quiet Continue Reading
The Weight of the Example We Set
Lead by example.That phrase gets used a lot in the military and first responder communities. It’s often mistaken to mean leaders must have a high PT Continue Reading
Never Show Fear to a Competent E-5 with Time on Their Hands
I never really understood the term “Love Hate Relationship” until I had to stand watch. You hear the phrase standing, setting, or relieving the Continue Reading
Memorial Day | We’re Human Like Everyone Else
Editor's Note: This is a journal entry written by Havok Journal author, K.C. Aud on May 31, 2015. ______________ I haven’t put much thought into Continue Reading
Departing Awards: “We Don’t Do This Alone”
I’m the kind of guy that wins all his arguments three days later in the shower. When I haven’t had an argument in a while, I dig up the past and say Continue Reading
You’ve Been up for 22 Hours and Haven’t Eaten in 12: Don’t Miss
One thing I think most civilians do not understand about the life of an operational military member, their immediate support units, and first Continue Reading
Life Thirty Minutes at a Time
On a cutter, you’ve always got an eye on the clock. If you stand a watch, which almost everyone does, your days are broken into four-hour chunks; six Continue Reading
For all the relaxing in paradise I could have done… I was eager to return to sea.
2016 10 07 Friday I have often wondered if the people who live in rain forests have a hundred different words for rain. Much like in the movie Continue Reading
My Face Hurts… a LOT
The week had been ramping up to this. All the prior training, all the talk, the boasting, and the detailed descriptions from my shipmates ran in Continue Reading
Echoes in the Wind
My son is on spring break this week, and he’ll be three at the end of the month. I work an odd schedule that sometimes gives me Tuesday afternoons Continue Reading