by Sean Parnell I am a U.S. Army combat veteran. In 2006-2007, my infantry platoon in Afghanistan regularly exchanged fire with Taliban fighters. We Continue Reading
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On Grossman: How a Pseudoscientist Pushed Our Understanding of Killing Back 20 Years
by Seth Allard This first appeared in Hosanna Fukuzawa's blog on September 10, 2022. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Total Resistance – When Your Government Goes to Hell
Imagine, you wake up one morning, turn on the coffee pot and look out your living room window. In the distance, you can see buildings ablaze, you can Continue Reading
The Death of a Civilian: The Day I Joined the Army
Note: The following is adapted from a chapter of Christopher Paul Meyer’s memoir, Icarus Falling: A True Story About the Broken Dreams, Broken Heart, Continue Reading
The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror
by Bill Bee The following is an excerpt from USMC veteran author Bill Bee's book The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Continue Reading
Practical Realism in an Unpredictable World: Machiavelli’s Treaties on Fortune
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer “…if times and affairs change, he is ruined if he does not change his course of action.” - Nicollo Continue Reading
Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter
by Michael Jerome Plunkett A year has passed since the bungled withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and many Americans are still Continue Reading
Bush War Operator: Memoirs of the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and Beyond
Author’s note: Be forewarned and please fully acknowledge the political and racial sensitivity of the topic of this book review, given the current Continue Reading
“This Is What I Re-Enlisted For?” A Warfighter’s Excerpt
Editor's Note: The below article is an excerpt from the book No Shit Here I Am: A Soldier's Stories of Life During and After the War on Terror by Continue Reading
“BOLO”: An Excerpt From Aaron Kirk’s “The Hill”
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four-part run of excerpts from “The Hill,” an Afghanistan War memoir by Marine Corps veteran Aaron Kirk. You Continue Reading
Stone Soup for the Special Forces Soul: Takeaways from a Children’s Fable
Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown, a Caldecott Honor Book first published in 1947. “Many thanks for what you have taught us…” the peasants said to the Continue Reading
“First Taste of Action”: War in Iraq
Editor's Note: The below article is an excerpt from the book No Shit Here I Am: A Soldier's Stories of Life During and After the War on Terror by Continue Reading
