We Must Stand in Solidarity with UCSC Penned by: Moses Machuca The graduate students at my school, University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), along with faculty members, student-workers, and undergraduates are currently on a full teaching strike insisting their Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) demands be met to supplement the high cost of living in Santa … [Read more...]
Combat Business Trips
Combat Business Trips Penned by: Ssgt Ryan Reyes, USAF. The memories weave together. An ink-black octopus cinching its grip tighter onto its prey. 2014. The night “combat operations” ended. Operation Enduring Freedom was no more. We receive 5 KIAs that night. One has his face blown off and another has a basketball-size hole in his chest. The young surgical … [Read more...]
Tactical Poetry: Tasting Life
Tactical Poetry: Tasting Life by Carl Martin Johnson He awoke and tasted life, Like morning dew on his lips. As with a newly married wife, He would first take gentle sips. Around him lay dead and dying, Yet Fate let him survive. Departing souls were flying, But he was still alive. He breathed the foul air in, As if it were perfume. He was alive again. He had … [Read more...]
Immigrants, iPads, and Books I’ve Never Read
Immigrants, iPads, and Books I've Never Read by Larry Usoff Come back with me, nearly two hundred forty-one years. The date is July 4, 1776 and we know it as Independence Day. The colonies, most of which were in the northeast section of the country, were where the greatest number of battles were fought. It was in the area that we now call New England, where patriots … [Read more...]
The Button Box: A Tribute to My Brother—A Vietnam Vet
The Button Box: A Tribute to My Brother—A Vietnam Vet by Cheryl Palmer In honor of my brother, Gregory Allen Steenbergen, November 1, 1950–December 14, 2018 I was a young girl, maybe 14 or 15 years old, when my big brother’s draft number was “up” and he went off to the Army. I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I could see that it was serious business based on the … [Read more...]
Philosophy: Not Just for Pretentious Ivy Leaguers
Philosophy: Not Just for Pretentious Ivy Leaguers by Dylan Nassano This first appeared in The Havok Journal February 5, 2019. This was originally published on SOFLETE and shared on The Havok Journal with permission. In this article, we’re going to deep-dive into Stoicism, a philosophical school whose ancient Greek founders codified the #DieLiving mindset long before … [Read more...]
The Remembrance Bracelet
The Remembrance Bracelet by C.H. The metal edge clinks against the dining room table as he sits down for dinner. When he rests his hand on my back, I can feel the extra weight of it against my body. I can feel it digging into my flesh when we make love. Again, it's there as we snuggle on the couch. The sun catches the worn sides as he holds my daughter’s hands. At … [Read more...]
Four Lessons Learned from a Latrine Stall in Iraq
Four Lessons Learned from a Latrine Stall in Iraq by Duane France It’s not what you think. Even if you didn’t think it before, you may be thinking it now, because I brought it up, but it’s still not what you think. Several months ago, fellow blogger and veteran Kristina Evans authored a post about how to transition from one position to another, and make sure that you … [Read more...]
Life after Death: Hope from a Gold Star Sister
Life after Death: Hope from a Gold Star Sister by Megan McGill My life was always pretty average, I grew up in a small town in NJ where my father was a police officer and my mother a stay at home mom. I basically was a tomboy for a majority of my younger years; opting to hang out with my brother and play hockey instead of going to the mall and having girl time with my … [Read more...]
There is So Much More to Living
There is So Much More to Living by Barnes Desolation at its best is described without despair and help an endless drug of depression will run a struggle throughout life Nothing is what it seems the last years have been a fake not a minute could show you how much I’ve torn trazodone and alcohol help tranquilize These two will surly take me out I pray that one day … [Read more...]
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