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A Middle Eastern Veteran’s Struggle with His Own Community
My squad drives along MSR (main supply route) Dover, en-route to Camp Anaconda. I am standing in the gunner’s position, wearing my face mask and Continue Reading
Nobody Gave a Damn That I was Back Home
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on October 2, 2018, as "Ghosts." It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
Hurlburt Squadron Supports Largest U.S. Africa Command Exercise
Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the command post exercise African Lion 22, the “premiere joint Continue Reading
How the 75th Ranger Regiment Taught Me to Dance
I was never in the Ranger Regiment, but I’m fortunate to know a lot of Rangers. I even helped write a book about them, once upon a time. But this is a Continue Reading
The Reality of Mother’s Day: A Time to Weep and Mourn, Laugh and Dance
My sweetest and most painful Mother’s Day was our family’s first Mother’s Day as a single-parent family. As a newly single mom, Mother’s Day was Continue Reading
Modern Insurgency as a Lingering Effect of the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, from the late 1700s through the early 1800s, was incidental, if not intentioned, the result of the Treaties of Münster and Continue Reading
Another Life
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on May 2, 2022. It is republished here with the author’s permission. __________________ I Continue Reading
Downrange: Was It Worth It?
by Aaron Johnson For some time now memories echo in my mind of the past. Even the smell of diesel fuel and sounds of bullet snaps demand attention Continue Reading
You Will Always Be A Soldier
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on April 29, 2019, as "Commitment." It is republished here with the author’s Continue Reading
We Have the Ability to Achieve the Impossible
by Matt Lambdin This first appeared in 18 Series Bag Company on April 9, 2022. It is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Blackberries and Atom Bombs
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on August 29, 2019. It is republished here with the author’s permission. This first appeared in Continue Reading