“To work and create 'for nothing', to sculpture in clay, to know that one's creation has no future, to see one's work destroyed in a day while being Continue Reading
Mental Health & Wellness
The Spaces In Between
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on November 25, 2013, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
5 Reasons Veterans Struggle with Addiction
Serving in the military, airforce, or navy is one of the most honorable and selfless things one can do for their country. Deployment is also an Continue Reading
Find a Fight You Can Believe in Again
by Joe DeCree This was originally published on Lifeafterwar.org and shared on The Havok Journal with permission. Warriorhood — the status of Continue Reading
Why the Fall of Iraq Bothers Me
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on June 16, 2014, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
HaShem is at the VA
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on September 6, 2017. It is republished here with the author’s permission. Continue Reading
Retrogression
Its generic blue tint looks like a night’s rest that for the last few weeks has escaped Never did I think that one day it would turn into the Continue Reading
Afghanistan falls. What was it all for?
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on August 15, 2021, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Learning the Zen of Living in the Moment– from the Unlikeliest of Examples
It’s hot. News from all over is dismal. Everyone’s temper is short. Gas prices may have gone down but the price of everything else seems to have gone Continue Reading
Hans Remembers the Blood and the Heat
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on July 20, 2022, as "Hot and Dry" It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
Before You Kill Yourself, Read This
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
TTE Trauma and PTSd
by Warriors Heart Noah Kelley*, a 4th generation law enforcement officer and first responder, had seen it all; from the evilest domestic assaults Continue Reading
