On Saturday, December 16, 2023, three of the former Afghan Air Force pilots, now residing in the United States, were killed in a single engine plane Continue Reading
Fluid Turbulence
I live my life by the words I write.Tired face famished for a warm welcome day.I scribble and scraw to in joy our plight. Unwelcome night, Continue Reading
Elements & Principles
As an author whose written work represents a real-time account of my surreal life and stress-enhanced perspectives, I’d like to pause this audacious Continue Reading
Make a list of things you do for yourself
I struggle to escape the relenting pressure to fight for my life, or to take flight. The lofty notion of “doing things for myself” is an alien concept Continue Reading
Shock & Awe
Night Stalkers landed Blackhawks then Little Birds on the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) during the early “Shock and Awe” phase of the Continue Reading
A Taliban Feast: A “Written in Taliban” Series
by Scott Chapman, Matthew Griffin, and Russ Pritchard The last time I saw you was the first day we celebrated our 20-year Jihad victory. The year Continue Reading
“Behind the Scenes – A Taliban Feast”
by Scott “Longboard” Chapman & Russ “Grandpa” Pritchard Context makes a story come to life. The goal of this article is to apprise readers of a Continue Reading
Keep Your Powder Dry
At 3 am on a Saturday morning, I woke up to see an out-of-character text from an old friend. He’s a former Army Ranger, then retired as a Force Recon Continue Reading
Where There’s Yin, There Must be Yang
There’s a stark dichotomy between who I am, and how I earn a living. One supports the other. Yet, the two realities are not bedfellows. I’ve fractured Continue Reading
Electric Nights in a Lawless City
From Dec 2021 to Jun 2022, I worked in South Minneapolis, Minnesota on a high-threat armed security contract where we supported a local unarmed Continue Reading
Positive Solutions
I want to send you a special 2023 year-end heartfelt message. To set the stage up front and ease my writing direction, this is a written declaration, Continue Reading
Power of Positive Thought
In 2019 I basked in the darkness and dined with my demons. They poured my favorite whiskey and my forever place at their dark dining table was set to Continue Reading