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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
How to Slow Down in a World Profiting from Fear and Division
Seems most people are living in the fast lane and it’s twice as fast when one person is zooming north while the other barrels south. Heck, adding them 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
10 Amazon Prime Series That Everyone Seems To Either Love Or Despise
Every month, more than ten titles add to our list of 'to watch on Amazon Prime.' The choices and numbers are overwhelming! However, we have a list 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
I Am a Million Voices
Illustration by Anna Trevathan Inspired by Crystal Bayat _________ I am a million voices. The voices of scared Afghan women whose dreams 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
Afghanistan was Background Noise, and Soon Will Be Again
by Frank Pauc First published in The Havok Journal on September 10, 2021, it's been a year later--is Afghanistan background noise? This Continue Reading
A Reason to Fight On
by Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" on December 31, 2017, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
A UK Soldier Welcomes You to Tank Park, Iraq
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in Vocal.Media as "Tank Park" in June 2021. It is republished here with the author's permission. Continue Reading