It is very highly unlikely to achieve the career pinnacle of serving as one of a small handful of coaches at what is arguably the world’s premier Continue Reading
Culture
Why So Much Hate for Nazis While Socialists and Communists Get a Pass?
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 22, 2017. Has anything changed today? __________________ Who is the greatest mass murderer Continue Reading
The Paratrooper
His boots are laced tight, double knotted and the excess tucked in. The tan suede has been rubbed bald in some places from the hundreds of miles they Continue Reading
Badge of the Modern Gunslinger
by Trey Tull The "Old West" or the "Wild West" brought about many terms that have stuck around for years and some adages that will likely never Continue Reading
Wal-Mart’s “Acceptance Rate” Is Lower Than Your Ivy League School’s… and Your SEAL Class?
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 3, 2019. Exclusivity is a point of pride for many organizations, from the military's elite Continue Reading
Coming Home from Afghanistan
by Chris Fitzmaurice The following is part of a collection of short stories titled Insha’Allah: Short Stories of the Long War in Afghanistan." Continue Reading
Things Dad Taught Me About Being A Man
Stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves The more someone brags about what he is, the surer you can be that's what he ain't Tell Continue Reading
A Girl Named Jasmine, the Afghan Face of Sharia Law
by Clay D I’d heard a lot about stoning prior to going into the fray. I thought this would be like any other day. We sat and watched, watched and Continue Reading
My First Engagement with the Enemy
I don't always know what will trigger a flashback of my deployment to Afghanistan, but today, it happened to be the song at the end of the 2020 Mulan Continue Reading
Peace Enforcement is Not the Same as Peacekeeping
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.-Harri Continue Reading
A UK Soldier Welcomes You to Tank Park, Iraq
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in Vocal.Media as "Tank Park" in June 2021. It is republished here with the author's permission. Continue Reading
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
