Late one evening my cell phone rang. It was a brother who never called, we always kept in contact via texts or met to practice our long-range Continue Reading
Mental Health & Wellness
You Don’t Have to be in the Military to Experience Trauma
by a Law Enforcement Veteran The inability to cope and denial can make the human mind do strange things. When I was a kid, my aunt and uncle Continue Reading
Too Far Gone to be Saved?
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on February 8, 2017, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Reply to Hannah
by Clay D You ask to keep the faith; I ask how could we? We are thrown to the wolves because we are dad, a product of toxic masculinity of the 90s Continue Reading
Have You Ever Wondered Who You’d Be Without War?
Have you ever wondered who you'd be without the war? Seriously? I have thought about it quite a bit and, if I was given the choice, I'd do it all Continue Reading
Battling PTS: Choose Not to be a Statistic
A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with PTSD, I knew something in my head wasn't right, but I refused to do anything about it. Big tough Army guy, Continue Reading
This Too
I may ramble a bit; forgive me. Been thinking that depression screws up your focus – too much or too little. Can’t keep your eyes/brain from moving Continue Reading
Fear of My Own Words
As a child, I wrote them out for reasons I cannot explain. The words appeared on the paper as some sort of secret truth or feeling I, myself, could Continue Reading
Living with Survivor’s Guilt
It was a pleasant September day in 2005. The Praetorians were getting ready for their patrol. This time, we had another squad with us. Out of respect Continue Reading
The Switch
72 hrs, give or take, is the breaking point where the lack of sleep catches me—embracing me like a lost lover whose touch can ease the pain. The line Continue Reading
“Write My Way to Freedom”
I’ve discovered writing to be a tremendous tool to analyze my mental health status because I’m forced to describe my actions, explain my beliefs, and Continue Reading
Maneuver Space: Volume 1, Issue 3
If you served in the military no matter what branch of service you were in, you learned at some point the importance of having space to Continue Reading
