by Scott Chapman and Russ Pritchard Since the last military flight out of Kabul and the Khider District Massacre, both events occurring on 30 Continue Reading
Transcend
What would you do if you knew the day your heart would shatter? What’s all the fuss; why does it matter? Would you let the waves take you to the Continue Reading
Departed Aviators
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