by an anonymous USAF brat As I sat there on the couch shoving another backup mag wrapped in TactiGami™ into my go bag, I zipped it closed and Continue Reading
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Is it Possible to Heal After War?
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Why You Can Count Me Among The Enemies of Democracy
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The Night Before
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Badge of the Modern Gunslinger
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Demons of Our Actions
by Trey Tull Our lives are composed of the consequences of our actions, the good, the bad, and the neutral. I believe the pattern of life is for us Continue Reading
Interview: On Healing, Breaking Isolation, and What It’s Like to Help Veterans
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on August 31, 2016, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
A Patriot Day Remembrance | 9/11 Twenty-Two Years Later
by Darin Gaub, Lt Col (ret) On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in class in Fort Carson, Colorado, when one of the other students, another Army Continue Reading
Where Were You on September 12, 2001?
by someone who remembers This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 12, 2021. This is not usually the question we ask when thinking Continue Reading
9/11, A Survivor’s Story
by Dan Geraghty On 9/11/2001 I stared into the gates of Hell … survived… and for that I am thankful. I probably should not be here writing to you, Continue Reading