By Anonymous Mommy, Mommy!" he said with the oh-so-cute voice only a preschooler has. "There's one! Can we do it?" You hear this and immediately Continue Reading
Puerto Rico’s Uneasy V-E Day
By Cristóbal Berry-Cabán “Today is V Day,” read the headline of El Mundo, one of Puerto Rico’s most widely read newspapers. The date was Tuesday, Continue Reading
One Thing I Know
By Ryan Mimna Poetry comes for the soulAlways spoken, sometimes silentLike the rain, it speaks of painIt comes like the rain when it speaks Continue Reading
Far From Familiar Faces: Romanian Human Intelligence Teams during the GWOT
By a former Special Forces Officer “I know that I will be called upon to perform tasks in isolation, far from familiar faces and voices.” -The Continue Reading
The Shaggy Dog
It comes from above and below.Nature. Death. The Shaggy Dog.Diogenes, what is our nature?The dog says it is the spirit of the soul.The spirit says it Continue Reading
Escorting the Shadow Walkers
By Betty Schram My flight was on time, and security was moving at a fast pace. I had hit a day in what I’ve soft-calculated to be approximately the Continue Reading
Calling Veterans into the Machine
By Ryan Mimna It was January 2022 in the middle of the pandemic. It was a dark period for me. I had graduated college in fall 2019 and was using my Continue Reading
A Lesson of History: People of True Christian Faith Are Always Outnumbered
By Darin Gaub “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Continue Reading
What to Do When You Just Can’t Talk About It
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Veterans Going Back to Work After War – The Hidden Struggle
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Leave No One Behind
By Darin Gaub Understanding Personnel Recovery and Combat Search and Rescue in the military: it’s a national strategic mission and is resourced Continue Reading
Memory of You
By Ryan Mimna Grains of sand on the beachThoughts of yourselfInnumerable to countBut known in itselfBeautiful are our soulsEven if they can't Continue Reading