Jarrod is the author of No Shit Here I Am, served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain and 25th Infantry Divisions from 2000 – 2009 Continue Reading
Clay D
Clay D is a father and veteran of 5 war zones with 9 combat deployments, 3 brothers KIA, and 1 Divorce. Most of his adult life was spent in the Middle Continue Reading
Nader Gamez
Nader grew up with a mix of influences. He calls himself “basically a Chicago street thug blended with a border-town Texican and a dash of Madison Continue Reading
Joshua A. Lyons
Josh is a graduate of Indiana University 06’ where he was commissioned as a United States Army Air Defense Officer after serving as an enlisted 13-F Continue Reading
Elana Duffy
After graduation from Cornell University with a BS and MEng in Operations Research, Elana Duffy (Lana) worked for a year in civil engineering before Continue Reading
Ben Varlese
Ben is a former U.S. Army Mountain Infantry Platoon Sergeant and served in domestic and overseas roles from 2001-2018, including, from 2003-2005, as a Continue Reading
Kenneth M. Kapp
Ken was a Professor of Mathematics, a ceramicist, a welder, and an IBMer until downsized in 2000. He taught yoga until COVID-19 decided otherwise. He Continue Reading
Stephen B. Lewis
Steve has been an educator and an athletic coach for nearly 30 years. For much of that time, he was a successful high school and college football Continue Reading
Wendy Arena
Wendy is a writer who took a 25+ year detour into the nursing profession. She is married to an Army veteran who took the same detour. They have two Continue Reading
Autumn Hyatt
Autumn is a recent graduate in English-Literature and lives in Colorado Springs. During her personal time, Autumn likes hanging out with her super Continue Reading
Jay Lajoie
Jay is a Retired Canadian Army Sgt, who served 25 years to Queen and Country. He has multiple deployments both foreign and domestic including the Continue Reading
David Hartmann
David is a father, husband, son, boss, writer, beekeeper, outdoorsman, occasional teacher, compulsive elk hunter, Afghanistan veteran, and living Continue Reading


