If you’re in the military long enough you’re going to encounter suicide. I showed up at Coast Guard basic training on October 18th, 2010, and signed Continue Reading
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Nothing Interesting Ever Happens at Sheppard AFB
My initial active duty service with the USAF was from March 1980 to March 1984. During that time, other than Basic Training, I was assigned as an Continue Reading
Tactical Regret
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once”. William Shakespeare I’ve had a lot of interesting jobs in Continue Reading
Confessions of a Police Officer
by Jill Wragg Dear Citizens, Neighbors, Friends, and Family, My name is Jill and I am a cop. That means that the pains and joys of my personal Continue Reading
My Funeral: Let Whatever Pain Caused By My Loss Not Whitewash My Life
By the time I was eight or nine, the vision was refined. While other children pondered their future success, I ponder my inevitable and desired Continue Reading
Reaction vs. Reflex
Battle drills, battle drills, battle drills…The Ranger Handbook defines battle drills as a collective action rapidly executed without applying a Continue Reading
The Truth and “The Truth”
I project memory against the frames of reality. The sterile digital reality void of all the emotional and physical perceptions of the body. I Continue Reading
What Ranger School Is… and Isn’t
Over the years I have listened, read, and engaged in great debates over what Ranger School is. It is the military’s premier leadership school, a small Continue Reading
A Cop’s Professional Courtesy
I noticed the oddly parked black and white with its driver staring right at me. I looked down at my speedometer and immediately wondered what the Continue Reading
Through Their Eyes: PTSD Has No Gender Preference – A Tale from a Female SWAT Officer
by Warriors Heart Robyn Dunlap* is a proud Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Having served for 12 years, she represented her country during war Continue Reading
Untangling the Knots of Pain and PTSD
by Jill Wragg This first appeared in Jill's blog as "A Thing Called 'Hope'" and it is republished here with the author's Continue Reading
Have We Lost Our Humanity?
It was in the morning. I had my usual roll call with the officers of the police department. I brief the officers on the day’s tasks, if there are any, Continue Reading