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What Military Tattoos Record
By Kevin Fuller A simple title leads this article because, in some ways, it really is that simple: tattoos and the military have always gone Continue Reading
The lessons I learned in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery
(Where I met the ghosts of the living, but not of the dead) Arlington National Cemetery is a place that exists only in the imagination or deep Continue Reading
The Conflict at Home
I partially credit Martin Luther King Jr. with saving my husband’s life. Sitting in his running Subaru in our garage, loaded gun in hand, Mark Continue Reading
Combat PTSD: F***ed Up or Wounded?
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
How Ranger Regiment Ruined My Life | The Rebuttal
How Ranger Regiment Enriched My Life When I logged onto social media today, I was taken aback. There it was, “How Ranger Regiment Ruined My Continue Reading
The Others
By Joe DeCree This first appeared in "Life After War" and is republished with permission. ____________________ Do you recall the Nicole Continue Reading
Is it Possible to Heal After War?
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's permission. If you are Continue Reading
The Many Different Forms of PTS
By Warriors Heart “When you wake up, you won’t remember any of this. You won’t remember getting kicked out of the restaurant, having a stranger Continue Reading
Northbound Into the Dark
Nearly twenty years ago to the day, I boarded a commercial airplane with a machine gun slung on my back, along with 150 of my closest friends. Tray Continue Reading
The Lyrics that Define
I wanted to live the life of The Rooster. To find a bond as deep In Color. To live the reality of Sgt. MacKenzie’s March. To be Johnny Boy’s Continue Reading
The Claims Shark Wears a Flag Pin
America loves thanking veterans right up until a veteran asks America to do something more complicated than stand for the anthem. We'll clap at Continue Reading