The Historical Context We Pretend Shouldn’t Apply by James Gagliano This article first appeared in The Havok Journal in August 2017 In the wake of the tragic events that unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia this past Saturday, our nation is understandably hurt, angry, and riven by an infinitesimal gaggle of racist sociopaths clamoring for attention. No matter how … [Read more...]
Functional Medicine Initiative / FM(I): The Solution to Chronic Veteran Health Issues
Functional Medicine Initiative / FM(I): The Solution to Chronic Veteran Health Issues by Geoffrey Dardia This article was originally published as part of the SOF Health Initiatives Program at the Task Force Dagger Foundation and is reposted here with the permission of the original author. _____ Introduction America's Armed Forces have been relentlessly fighting in … [Read more...]
Alt-Right and Alt-Left? The Time Has Come for the Alt-Middle.
Alt-Right and Alt-Left? The Time Has Come for the Alt-Middle by Paul O'Leary This article first appeared in The Havok Journal in August 2017 _____ Alt-Right - An ideological grouping associated with extreme conservative or reactionary viewpoints, characterized by a rejection of mainstream politics and by the use of online media to disseminate deliberately controversial … [Read more...]
Female Teacher Convicted of Performing Oral Sex On Male Student; Avoids Jail, Keeps Teaching Creds
Female Teacher Convicted of Performing Oral Sex On Male Student; Avoids Jail, Keeps Teaching Creds by Scott Faith This article first appeared in The Havok Journal 7 August 2018. Continuing a rather disturbing national trend, a female teacher in New Jersey was recently convicted of having sex with one of her underage male students. This, unfortunately, is not uncommon … [Read more...]
“Be a Man Jeffy”: Social Justice Warrior Parenting
"Be a Man Jeffy": Social Justice Warrior Parenting by Michael Bama Katt A girlfriend I had years ago gave me a heads up about her sister the day I was going to meet her. "She got out of a long term abusive relationship a few years ago, my sis," Nadine told me, "and she can't stand men." The way she said it, I think she expected me to roll my eyes at it, like "oh, she's one … [Read more...]
Praetorian Monologue 2005
Praetorian Monologue 2005 by SSG Mike Stanek We set forward on a journey on the roads of Iraq; What comes instead... Was the making of tracks to Mosul and Back! VBIEDs, Ambushes, IEDs... Even some Insurgent RPGs, Are some of the things that trips like these may bring. From Ashraf to Tikrit, you will always recall; All the miles, mosques... And all that crazy … [Read more...]
Veterans Treatment Courts: Ensuring Justice is Served While Vets Get the Help They Need
Veterans Treatment Courts: Ensuring Justice is Served While Vets Get the Help They Need by Chad H. Lennon, Esq. The veteran population in the United States continues to grow each year. Soon the country will have service members retiring who have known only wartime service. In an era that is about to see 20 consecutive years of war, we have also seen a time in the increase … [Read more...]
Why are We All on the Edge?
Why are We All on the Edge? by Matt Trevathan Why are we all on edge? It's more than election-year banter. There is a sharpness in everything posted on Facebook, reported in the news, and even talked about at the dinner table. People of differing opinions moved from points of discussion to personal attacks and decisive body blows. This makes me think back to one of the … [Read more...]
An Inch Deep and a Mile Wide, Leaders are Failing to Focus Their Teams
An Inch Deep and a Mile Wide, Leaders are Failing to Focus Their Teams MAJ J.A. Lyons & Daniel McGurk This is part 1 of a series: Joint Lessons from the U.S. Army and Corporate America It was raining outside, lightly, but no matter. The Soldiers of Easy Company War Party stood in formation, mud sticking to the edges of worn boots, enough chill in the air to wake you … [Read more...]
What It Means to be an “Educated” Warfighter
What It Means to be an “Educated” Warfighter by Greg Drobny Continuing on with the theme of the article, What it Means to be an “Educated” Man in Today’s America, it’s time to get a little more focused. Given the readership here, the logical place to start is with the warrior class. So, what does “education” for a warfighter look like? In today’s military, many … [Read more...]
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