By Kevin WilsonThere’s always a certain tension when two servicemen meet for the first time. The nature of the tension often varies based on branch, job, and life experience. One might reasonably expect a grunt, for instance, to size up another grunt, the tension of two warriors vying for dominance. When fellow Havok Journal denizen and fellow POG Paul and I met up to … [Read more...]
HuffPo Article: Serving In The Military Makes You “Racist.” Apparently.
HuffPo Article: Serving In The Military Makes You "Racist." Apparently. By Kevin WilsonThis article was first published in August of 2017.So there’s this little “news” site, called the Huffington Post. You might have heard of it. It’s basically Breitbart, but for the Left. They’re renowned for their deliberately inflammatory, wildly unhinged stories and opinion … [Read more...]
Should Veterans Be Banned From College Campuses?
This article was first published in August 2017.Dear Terry,I had the opportunity to read your essay, Should Veterans Be Banned from UCCS and Other Universities. It made me smile as I sipped my morning coffee and I felt a glow of pride brighten my day. Isn’t it wonderful that we live in a country where all of us are free to express our opinions in a public forum? Where … [Read more...]
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Group Think Kills
Group Think Kills by E.M. BurlingameEqually on the battlefields of war, startups and politics, group think kills. There is no more destructive force than everyone at the table thinking the same way, interpreting the intelligence to mean the same thing.Particularly when information is incomplete, when the truth is something quite different, or when an enemy is actively … [Read more...]
Tranexamic Acid (TXA): Does it Really Make a Difference?
Tranexamic Acid (TXA): Does it Really Make a Difference? by Andrew FisherBleeding continues to be the leading cause of preventable death in combat. Even with all the medical advances and the ubiquitous use of extremity tourniquets has not been able to save everyone. There are wounds, where a tourniquet cannot be applied and we cannot apply pressure against a bone to … [Read more...]
Why As A Veteran, I’m So Passionate About My Country And Her Symbols
Why As A Veteran, I'm So Passionate About My Country And Her Symbols by Robert Cox Growing up as a kid in Buffalo, NY, I had many of the same iconic heroes as millions of other children. I spent countless hours with my friends and on my bedroom floor imagining myself as Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, He-Man, and countless other iconic characters from our childhood. … [Read more...]
Did We Enter WWII to “Stop Fascism”?
With the recent hubbub in Charlottesville, the meme world is naturally awash with the answers to the world’s problems in picture-with-overlaid-text form.I personally could not be happier about this, because ultimately I believe all that ails us will, in fact, be cured by memes. Cancer? Possible war? Childhood obesity?Meme it!One meme theme caught my attention, … [Read more...]
The Truth Behind Depression: You are Worth Fighting For
The Truth Behind Depression: You are Worth Fighting For Rachaael BrandDepression is not the cool topic to read about these days, if it doesn’t have to do with sex, how to make money from home, some celebrity sex tape, the presidential debate, or gossip about another person, people lose interest right away.Depression isn’t a secret, people know what it is, some live it, … [Read more...]
The Special Forces ODA as a Startup Team
As an investor in startup companies there is always a difficult balance to be maintained, with respect to what are decisions management must make alone and my role as investor, adviser and often board member. This is due primarily to two constraints, namely my availability for any single company in our portfolio, and the need to limit personal liability. This means while I … [Read more...]
The “Signature Injury” Of The War On Terror Is Not PTSD. It’s Low-T.
The "Signature Injury" Of The War On Terror Is Not PTSD. It's Low-T. by Kevin LaczThis past June, I was invited to speak at a symposium on TBI/PTSD in Warsaw, Poland. As a Physician Assistant in functional medicine, I was invited by the Friends of GROM (editor's note: GROM is Poland's elite special operations force) to speak on hormone replacement in males with TBI/PTSD. … [Read more...]