Group Think Kills by E.M. Burlingame Equally 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...]
Veterans: The New Hipsters?
Veterans: The New Hipsters? By Kevin Wilson There’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 … [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...]
Praetorian Monologue 2005
Praetorian Monologue 2005 by SSG Mike Stanek We set forward on a journey on the roads of Iraq; What comes instead... Was the making of tracks to Mosul and Back! VBIEDs, Ambushes, IEDs... Even some Insurgent RPGs, Are some of the things that trips like these may bring. From Ashraf to Tikrit, you will always recall; All the miles, mosques... And all that crazy … [Read more...]
Hire a Vet, But Not Just Because They Served
Hire a Vet, But Not Just Because They Served Dave Chamberlin Prepare to get ticked off because some people are going to have a gut reaction to what I'm going to say and not use their critical thinking skills first. So go ahead and get angry, and then think about what I've said. A few days ago it was "Hire a Vet Day" and social media was flooded with various people … [Read more...]
What It Means to be an “Educated” Warfighter
What It Means to be an “Educated” Warfighter by Greg Drobny Continuing on with the theme of the article, What it Means to be an “Educated” Man in Today’s America, it’s time to get a little more focused. Given the readership here, the logical place to start is with the warrior class. So, what does “education” for a warfighter look like? In today’s military, many … [Read more...]
Quiet Professionals and Low-T
Quiet Professionals and Low-T by Charles Bailey Author's Note: This paper was prepared for PSY495: Senior Capstone, a directed study mentored by Dr. Laliberte. My sincere appreciation to all those in the Army’s Special Forces community for their continuous feedback and support. This project would not be possible without them. De Oppresso Liber. Enlisting in the … [Read more...]
Gold-Star Mom Jumps from Plane…with Team of Veterans into Normandy to Commemorate D-Day, Her Late Son’s Memory
Gold-Star Mom Jumps from Plane…with Team of Veterans into Normandy to Commemorate D-Day, Her Late Son’s Memory This article was first published in August of 2019 and is republished with permission by Kate Ketschek [Seattle, WA, May 2, 2019]—An elite team of veteran Army Rangers and Green Berets will jump into Normandy from a WWII C-47 aircraft to recognize the 75th … [Read more...]
The Special Forces ODA as a Startup Team
The Special Forces ODA as a Startup Team by E.M. Burlingame 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, … [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 Lacz This 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...]
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