by Scott Cee With the new year starting and people starting to look at their training plans for the year, let's briefly discuss two of the types of Continue Reading
We Own The Night
by James Puff The soldier skirts the ridgeline not too silhouette himself, the sun begins to fade behind the mountains, the call to prayer fills the Continue Reading
A Calling
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on December 17, 2022, and is republished here with the author’s permission. Continue Reading
Only The Sovereign
by Aaron Smith Tonight, tears draw linesThat only some findWhen despair gets a hold of yourLast set of minds My Brother Alone in the nightNo Continue Reading
A Path to Belonging & Meaning: Celebrating the Impacts of Patrol Base Abbate
by Major Christopher M. Davis, USMC As veteran and active duty suicide rates continue to rise,[1] an answer to the systemic problem lies atop a Continue Reading
Combat Veterans: Handling Rage and Difficult Emotions
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic's blog "Life After War" on August 3, 2013, and is republished with the Continue Reading
What’s Really Keeping You Up At Night?
by Megan Thatford A constant state of exhaustion, surviving on energy drinks, coffee, and barely functioning while in a state of partial delirium Continue Reading
Christmas and Children
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on December 21, 2021 [and in The Havok Journal on December 24, 2021], as "Baby." It is Continue Reading
A “Dysfunctional Veteran’s” Christmas Story
by CJ Simrak A DV Christmas story Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one-bedroom house made of plaster & stone. I had come Continue Reading
A View To A Riot
By Brandon Sanders This photo became known as “The Few Against Many.” A wise man once said that you should only write about things that matter Continue Reading
“Empty Chairs”: By a Fellow Ranger
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 27, 2018, by a Ranger who wishes to remain anonymous, who was moved to write after the spate of Continue Reading