By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Veterans Going Back to Work After War – The Hidden Struggle
By Britta Reque-Dragicevic This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with the author's Continue Reading
Leave No One Behind
By Darin Gaub Understanding Personnel Recovery and Combat Search and Rescue in the military: it’s a national strategic mission and is resourced Continue Reading
Memory of You
By Ryan Mimna Grains of sand on the beachThoughts of yourselfInnumerable to countBut known in itselfBeautiful are our soulsEven if they can't Continue Reading
Darker Sights that Blight the Soul
Truly, it can take its toll Dark sightsRestless nightsForlorn thoughtsBlack and whiteIs beholden to greyNo wrong or rightMight makes rightPlight of Continue Reading
Inversion of Loyalty and Conspiracy of Mediocrity
By Sam Yudin Nothing does more to corrupt and undermine mission accomplishment or team success and well-being than an inversion of loyalty or a Continue Reading
My Body Knew Before My Mind Did
By Ryan Mimna Author’s note: I wrote this while recovering from a broken foot during my first semester at Penn. Around the same time, a Ranger Continue Reading
Love & Puzzles
By Sam Yudin The portrait of a sergeant major is usually painted the same way: a crusty, stubborn old soldier. Someone who clawed their way through Continue Reading
Pondering Pensive Thoughts
By Ryan Mimna I recently looked up the word pensive, and I feel it describes the type of poetry I write. Truly, no idea is original. What are Continue Reading
It Is Finished: What Jesus Meant in John 19:30
By Darin Gaub In John 19:30, Jesus cried out, “It Is Finished!” Many of us have heard these words, but what do these words really mean? What was Continue Reading
You Need Hope if You’re Going to Make it After Combat
By Joe DeCree This first appeared in Britta's blog, "Life After War" and is republished with permission. Why do we need hope? Everything alive Continue Reading
For Connor: Five Lifetimes of Brotherhood
By Calder M. Serba My Long Walk Toward the Mountains No food. No water. Just distance and cold. I don’t know the penguin’s why. I mean the Continue Reading