The Night • The Havok Journal

Feared by most, it is my safe haven. It is where I find my truth, my serenity, my thoughts. Sometimes I break its silence through the impacts of my soul’s search for clarity. I look out into the world and watch without its knowledge. It was a time when my thoughts ran wild and tormented me, and now it is where I find peace.

It was a time when the world was green, and I was among the beasts delivered by the Night Stalkers. It is the moment of silence, the moment when most sleep. I fear not the dark for I thrive in the dark.

I belong in the dark. I see when others cannot.

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Jake Smith is a law enforcement officer and former Army Ranger with four deployments to Afghanistan.

Coalition forces alongside Task Force Khowst cordon and search a compound as part of Operation Raven, Aug. 31, 2009. Operation Raven is a joint operation involving Task Force Khowst and 2nd Afghan commandos, to search for an improvised explosive device cell operating in the area east of Khowst City, Afghanistan. Source.

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