There is a difference between reading about war and remembering it. For most people, Lebanon exists as something they encounter through headlines, a Continue Reading
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What We Lose to Machines
The world I grew up in no longer exists. I think about that a lot. This is what being middle-aged looks like. Who knew when we were kids that we’d Continue Reading
I’ll Settle for Purpose
I wake up each morning wishing I could hurry the day up and crawl back into bed. Apathy or Armageddon be damned; I just want to sleep these days. I Continue Reading
Home, for the Last Time
As I crested the hill, the familiarity of "home" crept in. A montage of my life flashed through my mind, and a whirlwind of emotions came with it. The Continue Reading
Leave No One Behind
By Darin Gaub Understanding Personnel Recovery and Combat Search and Rescue in the military: it’s a national strategic mission and is resourced Continue Reading
Memory of You
By Ryan Mimna Grains of sand on the beachThoughts of yourselfInnumerable to countBut known in itselfBeautiful are our soulsEven if they can't Continue Reading
Pondering Pensive Thoughts
By Ryan Mimna I recently looked up the word pensive, and I feel it describes the type of poetry I write. Truly, no idea is original. What are Continue Reading
For Connor: Five Lifetimes of Brotherhood
By Calder M. Serba My Long Walk Toward the Mountains No food. No water. Just distance and cold. I don’t know the penguin’s why. I mean the Continue Reading
Fayetteville and the War’s Last Days
By Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán For seventeen years I lived a ten-minute walk from the site of the historic Fayetteville Arsenal, destroyed more than Continue Reading
Yellow Paint and Narcan
I was at The Daily Bird a couple of days ago. I had to drop off somebody who had an interview at Meta House a few blocks away. I didn't know how long Continue Reading
Smoke Over MSR One
On May 31, 2008, my squad was assigned as the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) for eastern Afghanistan in Nangarhar Province. While turning in documents at Continue Reading
The Weight of My Own Standards
I’m writing the first lines of this article thirty minutes past when it should have gone live. It likely won’t be finished until hours later. I’ve Continue Reading