I recently finished reading The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. It's a fascinating novel set in a small Pennsylvania town in 1936. Continue Reading
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Shared Humanity and Mutual Benefit
by Brig Gen (ret) John “Dragon” Teichert Life is not a solo sport; neither is leadership or innovation. We all need the equipping, encouraging, and Continue Reading
The Birth of Digital Close Air Support
by Ethan Brown The following is an excerpt from: “Visual Friendlies, Tally Target Volume I: Invasions (Chapter 20: The Birth of Digital Close Air Continue Reading
Black People Can’t Swim: The True Story of a Special Forces Combat Diver
by Damone Brown The following is an excerpt from Black People Can't Swim: Finding the Faith to Defy Your Odds by Damone Brown. A man is not Continue Reading
Bad to Worse
(Editor's Note: The following is the fourth chapter from Jared's book It'll Buff Out.) Chapter 4: Bad to Worse Ramadi, Iraq OP Hurria 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
Running Towards Gunfire: Courage and Brotherhood in Ramadi
[Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Jason Angell's book Running Towards Gunfire: Courage and Brotherhood in Ramadi due to publish August Continue Reading
Operator Syndrome: When the War Comes Home in Silence
by Chris Frueh, PhD Editor's Note: This 4-part series was adapted by Chris Frueh, PhD, from his book titled Operator Syndrome (2024; Ballast Continue Reading
Nothing but Courage
Excerpted from NOTHING BUT COURAGE by James Donovan. To be published on May 27, 2025 by Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a Continue Reading
Excerpt from Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge
by Robert B. O’Connor HOSINGEN, LUXEMBOURG,DECEMBER 15, 1944 15 December 1944For Brig. General Balmers/A.E. BakerLt. Col., AGD Jeep Shows Continue Reading
Excerpt from Perseverance > Endurance: A Ranger’s Fight in Shegal Valley
Brandon Young started his public writing career at the Havok Journal and shares an excerpt below from his new book, Perseverance > Endurance: Lead Continue Reading
In the Name of My Father: A Veteran’s Take on Commander Ahmad Massoud’s New Book
by Mikael Cook When I first met the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) in a small Vienna hotel room in 2023, he did not seem to fit the Continue Reading