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Military
The Five-Year Stranger: The Part of a Military Career Nobody Warns You About
There is a concept that has been making the rounds online lately called the "Five-Year Stranger Theory." It is not an established psychological Continue Reading
Try to Set the Sea on Fire
By Scott Staron “Does anyone want to know why I got into this line of work?” I looked out at my daughter’s class of fifth graders. No takers. “I Continue Reading
Navy Sends 1918-Era Sailors Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln to Investigate “Intolerable” Living Conditions
By Untactic Al WASHINGTON: Following widespread reports of declining morale and difficult living conditions aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Continue Reading
God Told Me I Wouldn’t Die
Colonel Keith Gentile is a tough guy. A former U-2 pilot, TACP ground controller, and combat veteran of Iraq as a commander of MNF-I, he was known by Continue Reading
There Are No Dangerous Weapons, Only Dangerous Men
"There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men."— Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers (1959) Spend enough time around soldiers, Continue Reading
The War That Won’t Wait for Us
By Carlin McKeahow Picture a command post at two in the morning. The coffee has been sitting on the burner too long. Somebody has half a sandwich Continue Reading
Anything to Stay in the Fight
By an anonymous female Afghanistan combat veteran I was sitting on the plane somewhere over the American southwest thinking about how long I had Continue Reading
Drink After Drink… I Drift Away
Drink after drink, song after song. I begin to drift away. I forget the present and drift into the past. I am in a world of plywood, not Continue Reading
So Many Leaders Inspired Me… to Be Nothing Like Them.
Leadership books are filled with stories of great men and women whose example is worth following. Military history is populated by names that have Continue Reading
Sometimes You Need the Damn Box
Some jobs require people to put emotion aside long enough to perform. Resilience also means knowing when to pick it back up. There are jobs where Continue Reading
The Last Time
By C.J. There was always going to be a last time. The last time "We're going out tonight" echoed through those halls.The last time I donned my Continue Reading