By A Veteran The wind had been rising since dawn, funneling between the government towers and driving dust across the square in pale, twisting Continue Reading
Writing
I Had to Write About the Fallen
By Lt. Col. Les Carroll (Ret.) U.S. Air Force/Air National Guard As an Air Force and Air National Guard public affairs officer, I spent my career Continue Reading
I Ain’t Going Anywhere
They say you can’t wait for inspiration; you just have to write. I’m not sure who “they” are, but I’ve surely said it a time or two. So, perhaps after Continue Reading
I Wrote a Novel to Keep Myself Alive
By Reid Cross Years of service. Real missions, real stakes, real brotherhood. Then you wake up one morning and the mission is gone. I entered Continue Reading
The Last Ratings War
Washington, D.C.July 4, 2048 Professor Michael Reynolds stood near the entrance of the Memorial of the Lost Republic and watched another school Continue Reading
No Road Map
In my mind, I’m still twenty-one years old, boarding a plane, and scared to go to a war I don’t believe in. The reflection on the black screen of my Continue Reading
The Knife-Edge Between Caring and Caring Too Much
Editor’s note: This piece is drawn from the author’s Coast Guard correspondence. The dry dock that we endured in the last two months of 2015 was Continue Reading
Crusty Old Veteran
As I looked across the room of first-year college students, I wondered which parts of my story would be relevant to share. I was asked to come and Continue Reading
Thoughts in a Pub While Waiting for a Train
By Ryan Mimna Author’s Note: I wrote this by hand in my journal at an Irish pub near 30th Street Station in Philadelphia while waiting for a train. Continue Reading
This Ranger GWOT Vet is Nothing Special
Time and time again I have turned my thoughts into the written word. Where it started, I am not completely sure. It just seemed to be Continue Reading
Shadows
By Ryan Mimna Dancing under the darkness of night,echoing songs of sunlight from streetlights. Mind speeding faster than light,uncertainty Continue Reading
The Fallacy of Youth
By Ryan Mimna The fallacy of youth lies in the same ideals inexplicably tied to it. Change, Rage, Hope, all wrapped in ideals that have Continue Reading