I’ve never met an actual award for valor recipient who thought they deserved it. (I won’t diminish this article by discussing the posers.) Medal of Continue Reading
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Four Lessons Learned from a Latrine Stall in Iraq
by Duane France It’s not what you think. Even if you didn’t think it before, you may be thinking it now, because I brought it up, but it’s still not Continue Reading
The Deadliest Day of Operation Iraqi Freedom
by Charlie Moose In late January of 2005, the Lava Dawgs had just left the city of Fallujah after 75 days of some of the most intense, offensive Continue Reading
A Day in the Life of a Coast Guardsman
2014 09 12 Friday The event started late in the afternoon. We received a rather vague notification that a vessel of interest (VOI) may be heading Continue Reading
Enhancing Your Military Career: The Power of Professional Assessments
https://unsplash.com/photos/man-in-black-and-gray-camouflage-uniform-wearing-black-helmet-and-black-helmet--9ZbwBDOX9c Embarking on a military Continue Reading
America’s Warrior Diplomats: The Defense Attaché Service
by a former Special Forces Officer “As in all conflicts, success will depend on our ability to adapt…” -David Kilcullen _____________ As Continue Reading
A Ranger in Vietnam Remembers
Some of the Team Leaders were more "aggressive" than others. For some reason, Team 4 always had a Team Leader the "aggressive" ones called NUTS. Of Continue Reading
Living With a Time Bomb
I live with a time bomb. He looks like a regular guy. Maybe a little tightly wound: high and tight haircut, rigid posture, authoritative tone. He Continue Reading
Everything Has Become a Threat Assessment
The Following describes K.C. Aud's first day in the shoot house at ME A-School at FLETC written after passing his team's lethal use of force Continue Reading
Why I Ain’t No Fortunate Son
by anonymous It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no millionaire’s son...[i] And that, for me, and to be frank for many others like me, was how Continue Reading
Why Many of Our Troops will Needlessly Die in the Next All-Out War
In my current job, I get to talk to tons of military aircraft maintenance personnel from all branches. Some of them are recently separated, some are Continue Reading
The Run
Each impact chasing an otherwise unobtainable truth, a realization. Eyes glossy from the cold wind, gasping for air, each step brings me closer to Continue Reading