Veterans

Commentary I’ve discovered writing to be a tremendous tool to analyze my mental health status because I’m forced to describe my actions, explain my beliefs, and articulate my captivating perspectives ...

Commentary I haven’t put much thought into Veterans' or Memorial Day, even as a military member, until this ...

Commentary The following article describes K.C. Aud's first day in the shoot house at ME A-School at the ...

Commentary There is a part of me that will always, no matter what, think about the worst day ...

Commentary By the end of 2003, I knew I was getting out of the Air Force (AF). I ...

Friendly Fire Do you really think Anyone cares That the fire that burns ... is friendly? Hearts and ...

Commentary Many years ago, I began working on a project that eventually became this article. It started when ...

Commentary I'm a little bit of a history nut. Well okay, a lot of a history nut, especially ...

Commentary A few years back there was an article called “‘Did You Ever Kill Anyone?’ 5 Things Not ...

Commentary During my time in the Army, I had the great fortune to “unplug” from the operational Army ...

Commentary I am not a combat veteran. The closest I’ve come to facing the enemy is holding a ...

Commentary The week had been ramping up to this. All the prior training, all the talk, the boasting, ...

Commentary I stand on the fantail and stare out at the buildings across the bay from the cutter. ...

Commentary My Life as an Army Wife When growing up in the 1950s in rural North Carolina, I ...

Commentary Saddam Hussein's statue was pulled down on April 9, 2003. I doubt many civilians old enough to ...

Commentary There is a mega-corporation here in the United States where the CEO tells every employee that they ...

Commentary We ran ammo bunker "missions" all the time. It was really more of a work detail. In ...

Commentary I write this today, not as an individual, but as a veteran of the wars of Afghanistan ...

Commentary What I’m about to say applies to any VIP, including civilians, and some of it will be ...

Commentary Just as a preface, this story has a point. Mainly that there are lessons I learned early ...

Commentary So, what does “education” for a warfighter look like? In today’s military, many lament the tremendous amounts ...

Commentary Once upon a time, there was an Air Force general in the Pentagon who was in charge ...

Commentary This post popped up on my feed today on a business networking site where a mom was ...

Commentary Engineers, especially civil engineers, build things. It’s what we do, and we consider each project, large or ...

Commentary Just about everyone in the military is familiar with the sheep, wolves, and sheepdog analogy, as popularized ...

Commentary I've mentioned before that I really enjoy observing human behavior and one of my favorite scenarios is ...

Commentary For the most part, the huddled masses know nothing of the concept of gallows humor, and yet ...