When your husband decides, in his forties, that he’s going back into the Army, you’re supportive. It doesn’t occur to you to argue or tell him the Continue Reading
Family
Fatherhood: What Ranger Regiment Taught Me
by Kevin Newhard Fatherhood is a chance to mold this Nation as well as the world. People often look to athletes or famous people to be the heroes for Continue Reading
Parenting with PTSD: A Veteran Looks at Father’s Day
We’ve all been there. We know the cadence of trained killers running to the beat of one heart. We’ve all heard the incessant pounding of soles against Continue Reading
The Acceptance of Not Knowing
Working in mental health isn’t about saving people. It’s about doing the work despite not always knowing the answers. Father’s Day is this Sunday. Continue Reading
See Your Broken Warrior Through Love’s Rose-Colored Glasses
1978 was the year my eyes gazed at the saddest person I had ever seen. War-torn, the eyes of this man held years of pain and loss. No amount of Continue Reading
The All Too Familiar
I felt the all too familiar back pain as I sat in the all too familiar uncomfortable seats. I sat staring at yet another flag-draped coffin. I watched Continue Reading
Nobody Understands Addiction
Nobody understands addiction. I am absolutely convinced of that. Do I have any right to make that assertion? I'm not a physician or a psychologist. Continue Reading
We Were Soldiers’ Wives Once… and Young
by Elaine Jones My life as an Army wife… When growing up in the 1950s in rural North Carolina, I never had any association with the military, having Continue Reading
Flags Instead of Fathers and Husbands
by an anonymous USAF brat It was the lace curtains that did it. Like most guys, I'm pretty good about not tearing up at movies, especially war Continue Reading
Memorial Plaque: I Wanted Them to Remember and to Be Grateful
When it happened, I cannot recall. It just seemed to happen. I could not take it anymore and I wanted the world to know. I wanted those passing by to Continue Reading
The Last Full Measure
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub This Memorial Day, Let Us Remember Those Who Gave It All for this Nation and the Principles for Which We Continue Reading
The Void and the Legacy: How My Veteran Brother’s Suicide Affected Me… and the World Around Me
by anonymous I felt compelled to share a part of me I have not shared with anyone before, in an effort that it reaches even one person in need of a Continue Reading