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Military
Practice Goes Before Belief
“Fake it till you make it.” Most of us have heard the phrase, and most of us have probably lived it in one way or another. But there’s a deeper truth Continue Reading
The Private at the Bottom of the Peer List
By James B. When my platoon formed up for Darby Phase, I felt out of place from the start. No one wears rank in Ranger School, but you can read the Continue Reading
The Quiet Weight of Coming Home
There’s a moment no one really prepares you for. It’s not the firefight. Not the deployment. Not even the long, dull stretches of waiting Continue Reading
The Recruiter Found Me in a Doghouse
No joke, there I was... slacking off at my pet store job, taking a little nap on the clock. We were slow, and I only made around six bucks an hour. Continue Reading
Departing Awards: “We Don’t Do This Alone”
I’m the kind of guy that wins all his arguments three days later in the shower. When I haven’t had an argument in a while, I dig up the past and say Continue Reading
How This U.S. Army Awards Clerk Received A Bronze Star
By C. B. Yarling After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin in 1968 with a B.A. in Math. I joined the Army because I was certain I Continue Reading
Morals Under the Gun
“Probably all of us have found ourselves in circumstances where our convictions demanded that we speak out for or against certain statements or Continue Reading
The Knife-Edge Between Caring and Caring Too Much
Editor’s note: This piece is drawn from the author’s Coast Guard correspondence. The dry dock that we endured in the last two months of 2015 was Continue Reading
The Navy Needs Its Veterans Back
By Bruce D. Kowal The Proposal in Brief This is a proposal to create a United States Navy Auxiliary, a volunteer organization of U.S. Navy Continue Reading
Crusty Old Veteran
As I looked across the room of first-year college students, I wondered which parts of my story would be relevant to share. I was asked to come and Continue Reading
The Reason I Went to West Point
"Sometimes the light's all shinin' on meOther times I can barely seeLately it occurs to meWhat a long, strange trip it's been." From "Truckin'," by Continue Reading