This first appeared in The Havok Journal on May 17, 2016. I first met Eric Spitznagel at a wedding. His mother was getting remarried and my wife and Continue Reading
Books
Veteran Reads: Grounded and Cured
Grounded and Cured: One Marine Fighter Pilot's Inspirational Story of Miraculous Healing from a Rare Bone Cancer through Alternative Medicine and His Continue Reading
Excerpt: Seven and a Half Minutes to Life – a Green Beret’s Journey from the Battlefield to the Emergency Room and Beyond
by Brian M. Hayes A passage from the upcoming Short Story: "Seven and a Half Minutes to Life – a Green Beret's Journey from the Battlefield to the Continue Reading
Ashley’s War
After serving multiple combat deployments as an Army Ranger in my twenties and going on to write for a living in my thirties, I’ve found many books in Continue Reading
A Vietnam Veteran Honors the Lives of the Fallen
by Michael Reagan On April 9, more than fifty years ago, I was on my way home from Vietnam. A Chinook picked me off the ground at the DMZ, under Continue Reading
Veteran Reads: “Aftermath,” The End of War is Just the Beginning
“Aftermath,” a collection of poetry by brothers J.E. and Andrew McCollough, gives an uncensored and unapologetic look at life in and after the war in Continue Reading
Veteran Reads: Lucky Joe
by Michael J. Plunkett Lucky JoeBy Leo Jenkins, David Rose, Brian Kimber116 pp. Dead Reckoning Collective. $25 Every platoon has its cast of Continue Reading
The Warrior’s Path to Healing
by Brad Genereux Kat called me to ask a favor. She worked with me in Africa some years ago. We became friends, despite my sending her to a remote Continue Reading
Haditha Dam: A “Violence of Action” Excerpt
Haditha Dam: A "Violence of Action" Excerpt The following excerpt was taken from Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment Continue Reading
BOOK REVIEW: “No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin laden Raid” by Will Chesney with Joe Layden
Humble, soft-spoken, unassuming. In the era of Goggins and Jocko, when the alpha male bravado still reigns supreme, these words would hardly be the Continue Reading
The Battle of Air Base 594: What War with Iran Might Look Like… On The Ground
by MAJ J.A. Lyons This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 10, 2020. He lay prone on his back looking skyward with collapsing tunnel Continue Reading
Veteran Reads: The Missing by Olin Lester
by Marshall McGurk September 2006 chilling in my tent in central Iraq with my roommate. All of a sudden, I threw Nightmares and Dreamscapes against Continue Reading
