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
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Five Seconds on a Bridge
There is a pedestrian bridge that crosses over Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee. It connects Brady Street to Veteran’s Park on Lake Michigan. Two Continue Reading
Afghanistan and the Sound of Silence
For many, silence is peace, and the sound of breaking waves off the coast of Carmel California is the most relaxing sound. It brings the inner peace Continue Reading
Coming Home from Afghanistan
By Chris Fitzmaurice The following is part of a collection of short stories titled Insha’Allah: Short Stories of the Long War in Afghanistan." 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
Reflection on My Experiences in Afghanistan: A Call for Awareness
by Charles Ray This article, write up, testament, or whatever you want to decipher it as is my perspective on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan as Continue Reading
Our War
Editor’s Note: First published in The Havok Journal on August 23, 2022, this reflection remains as relevant on the anniversary month of our withdrawal Continue Reading
Freedom of the Mind in Captivity
By Joseph G St Clair At Rodeo Uno, outside Guatire, Venezuela, the guards wore masks, military gear, and code names they had chosen to sound Continue Reading
What Does It Mean to Serve?
By Derick Bosely What does it mean to serve? What makes a soldier’s sacrifice enough? Is it enough to serve quietly, or do you have to fight to Continue Reading
Tang Ping Is Older Than the CCP
By Bruce D. Kowal Charles Faint's recent analysis of tang ping in these pages is intelligent, well-observed, and correctly identifies the Continue Reading
Red Dirt and Resilience: A Soldier’s Fight Beyond the Battlefield
By Derick Bosley On March 9th, 2024, at 0615, I lay flat on my back, staring up at the bluest sky I had ever seen. The world around me was dead Continue Reading
Europe’s Deadbeat Patriots
The European Union has a marketing problem, but that’s not the real emergency. The real emergency is that half of Europe’s political class treats the Continue Reading