I found talking to two Afghan social activists and human rights advocate Crystal Bayat incredibly cathartic - I think during the interview I even Continue Reading
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The Ranger Way: Earning My Combat Scroll
by James Webb It was my 3rd mission that I bagged my first bad guy. Right out of the bird, I knew we were running up to the top of a hill and just Continue Reading
Just a Glimpse
by Frank Pauc This first appeared in Frank’s blog on November 11, 2022. t is republished here with the author’s permission. Continue Reading
Politicians are the New Radical Extremists
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 4, 2020. I was born in 1981 in a conflict zone in Monrovia, Liberia. My parents fled with my Continue Reading
The Unsung: Military Medical Personnel
by Denise Flores [Editor's Note: Denise wrote the following in 2007 at age 14 based on conversations she had with her mother, a U.S. Army surgical Continue Reading
Donning My Tinfoil Hat: What First Contact Might Look Like Through the Prism of Print and Screen
With all the fervor in recent times over identity politics, high-profile trials, and the unending government response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Continue Reading
5 Great Things To Do in Edinburgh That Take You Back in Time
What's your favorite period of history? Maybe it's the 16th century, the time of the Tudors and the Stuarts. Or perhaps you're a fan of the Victorian Continue Reading
Geopolitics: How Maps Help Us Understand History, Predict the Future, and Go Beyond Politics
by Brian Miller This article was originally published in ammo.com, and is republished here with the author's permission. This first appeared in The Continue Reading
LTC Scheller, the Afghanistan Exit, and Equality in Accountability
by Bobby Ganton This first appeared in The Havok Journal on October 2, 2021. My four short years in the Army were full of life lessons that have Continue Reading
Somalia: Beyond “Black Hawk Down”
It may be nearly impossible today to find many veterans who don’t know the story of “Black Hawk Down.” One could argue that that event, or rather that Continue Reading
Afghanistan: The Soundtrack to a War I Lost
I served in Afghanistan four times between 2005 and 2010 while assigned to various U.S. Special Operations units. During the time I spent there, and Continue Reading
What If Putin’s “Partial Mobilization” Just… Isn’t?
Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced a "partial mobilization" of Russia's armed forces in order to pour even more manpower into the Continue Reading
