by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on April 6, 2015, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
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Why as a Veteran, I’m So Passionate about My Country and Her Symbols
by Robert Cox Growing up as a kid in Buffalo, NY, I had many of the same iconic heroes as millions of other children. I spent countless hours with my Continue Reading
AUSA Conferences: Why Some Animals are More Equal Than Others
It is that time of year; the annual Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) capstone weeklong October meeting in Washington D.C. Throughout the Continue Reading
The Paratrooper
His boots are laced tight, double knotted and the excess tucked in. The tan suede has been rubbed bald in some places from the hundreds of miles they Continue Reading
Military Actions in the 21st Century Will Defined by Ambiguity
by an anonymous former Special Operations officer “Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult” -Carl von Continue Reading
The U.S. Army is Politically Correct… And Less Lethal
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 8, 2021. On a crisp morning within the desert plain of a United States Army base in the Continue Reading
Coming Home
by Joe Decree This first appeared in Britta Reque-Dragicevic 's blog, "Life After War" on December 31, 2017, and is republished with Continue Reading
The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror
by Bill Bee The following is an excerpt from USMC veteran author Bill Bee's book The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Continue Reading
Ranger School Is “Gay”
by Roger Darby This article was originally published on August 16, 2017. ______ Ranger School is sold to the Army and the world as an elite Continue Reading
Practical Realism in an Unpredictable World: Machiavelli’s Treaties on Fortune
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer “…if times and affairs change, he is ruined if he does not change his course of action.” - Nicollo Continue Reading
Afghanistan: We Give You Our Dead, You Give Them Their Meaning
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 9, 2021. I write this today, not as an individual, but as a Veteran of the wars of Continue Reading
National POW Remembrance Day: A Promise Made, a Promise Kept
Friday was National POW Remembrance Day. I've been wearing Sergeant Wallace's bracelet for 52 years. I bought it on Okinawa back in '69, when I was 8. Continue Reading