There’s a kind of silence that comes with age, and experience, and, if we're lucky, wisdom. Sometimes in the military it’s the silence that settles Continue Reading
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Warriors: We Have Earned the Rest of Our Lives
By Joe DeCree To All My Brothers and Sister Warriors, I have been reading the traffic on this blog for a couple of years and it has helped me Continue Reading
You Ain’t Got to Lie to Kick It
My old field training officer (FTO), now friend and former Marine, once looked at a guy and said, “you ain’t got to lie to kick it.” This man was a Continue Reading
In a Flash, I Saw All of My Boy’s Future Birthdays
By Greg Longey Popular culture, old wives’ tales, movies, and books told me that my life would flash before my eyes during a near-death Continue Reading
The Only Thing in this World I’ve Ever Truly Loved
I found this gem this morning, in a story about a possible remake of the movie 9 to 5: "Tomlin explained that in addition to being a comedy, the Continue Reading
The Weight of It
“Thank goodness! That’s it?” The words left my mouth before I could stop them. The doctor’s eyebrows lifted in surprise. “That’s not the response Continue Reading
The Space Between the Blast
Michael H. Ollis, the Triple Deuce standard, and the long road to “Medal of Honor” By Calder M Serba [Editor’s Note: Citation superscripts have Continue Reading
How to Keep Going
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic's blog "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
The Bedding Upgrade That Makes Changing Sheets Surprisingly Easy
[Photo by Olga Nikiforova from Canva] Changing a duvet cover has long been one of those quiet household frustrations people accept without Continue Reading
The Stoplight and the Surge
Living with anxiety and depression has often felt like riding on top of a tidal wave. At times, it’s exciting and electric; other moments feel like Continue Reading
Zombie Blood Is a Killing Myth
Editor’s Note: “Zombie blood” here refers to a hypothetical idea that circulates in trauma/field-care talk, not a standard or endorsed transfusion Continue Reading
Skills Kids Build at a Summer Camp That Focuses on Real Growth
Photo by Alexandr Podvalny on Unsplash Kids need more than books and screens to build real-life skills. Camps offer new experiences that stretch Continue Reading