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Profiles in Havok, Episode 76 with Dale Comstock
It is important for veterans' experiential wisdom to, well, not die with them. Passing on the lessons learned - the best practices, the frank Continue Reading
Coping with the News Cycle
by Joe DeCree This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic's blog "Life After War" on April 3, 2018, and is republished with Continue Reading
Veteran Voices Part 3: Healing through Sharing
by David Chrisinger One veteran who can serve as a living example of the promising effects of writing and telling stories of trauma can produce is Continue Reading
Veteran Voices Part 2: “A Chance to Work Through Things”
by David Chrisinger Many veterans — and their families — are surprised at how difficult it is to come home from war. Many, according to Dr. Charles Continue Reading
Service, Sexuality, and Stereotypes of a Female Veteran
by Tenley Lozano This article first appeared in The War Horse and is reposted here in accordance with their sharing policy. This first appeared in Continue Reading
Veteran Voices Part 1: Don’t Let Silence Be the Story of Your Life
by David Chrisinger Anyone who has studied war or its after-effects in any depth has probably heard simply that “war is hell.” That’s it. Nothing Continue Reading
The Folly of Shutting Down Military Programs
Over the last several years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has shut down training programs, disbanded specialized units, and wholly eliminated Continue Reading
Rules of Ranging – Dating a Ranger
So you met this really interesting guy claiming to be an Army Ranger. Chances are he isn’t, chances are he is lying to you in an attempt to get laid. Continue Reading
Superheroes Don’t Wear Capes… They Wear Dog Tags
Gut punch. 5th grade, 1971. I was in English class at Mercy elementary in Ginawan City, Okinawa; it was a school for American kids, but it wasn't Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Fear of Failure
There is an old Japanese proverb, which goes, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” When I first read this as a boy studying Isshin-ryū karate, it Continue Reading
The Ranger Way: Earning My Combat Scroll
by James Webb It was my 3rd mission that I bagged my first bad guy. Right out of the bird, I knew we were running up to the top of a hill and just Continue Reading