by Kevin Duffy You start to wake up. You ease into a haze of consciousness and feel the realness of the world outside the dream you’ve already Continue Reading
Veterans
Gold Star Healer: A Soul-Saving Journey of Redemption
Michael Gerald Reagan, Marine Vietnam combat veteran, and nationally known artist to presidents, athletes, and Hollywood stars, opened his 75-year-old Continue Reading
Welcome Home – Through Their Eyes
by Warriors Heart _____________________ At the end of each deployment, Chris* always came home. He would call often when deployed, and make sure Continue Reading
In 37 Days I Made A Friend Who Became My Brother
by a member of 3rd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment I was not one of George’s lifelong friends. I wasn’t lucky enough to have grown up with George or Continue Reading
Veteran Community: Give Your Flowers to the Living
Editor's Note: This is a co-authored article by The Havok Journal's owner, LTC (Ret.) Charlie Faint, and one of his longtime friends, who wishes to Continue Reading
Nothing Prepares You for War
by Noah Smith, The War Horse. We were sailing into the sky, the loud buzz of the plane engine beating against the air. We flew over a vast desert Continue Reading
Hire a Vet, But Not Just Because They Served
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 Continue Reading
The Proust Effect
by Taylor Anderson There is a building on fire nearbyOminous dark clouds rise in an otherwise empty skySmells of death and destruction fill the Continue Reading
Your Story | Rise for the Fallen
by Jeremy Lanham This first appeared in "Life After War" on May 5, 2018, and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
My First Engagement with the Enemy
I don't always know what will trigger a flashback of my deployment to Afghanistan, but today, it happened to be the song at the end of the 2020 Mulan Continue Reading
Playing Hopscotch in a Minefield Along the Iran-Iraq Border
by Justin “Jud” Haywood This originally appeared in vocal media as "Mines Abound" and is republished here with the author's permission. Justin Continue Reading
A UK Combat Veteran’s Fight After War
This originally appeared in vocal media as "Who is Justin Haywood?" and is republished here with the author's permission. ________ It was Continue Reading