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No Longer a Marine, a Mere Veteran
July 26, 2018
Gentleman Goon: A Case for the Warrior Artist
Warriors and art have gone hand in hand for millennia. The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Art of War, and of course, The Iliad and...
To Them I Appeared a Stranger
You felt it the first time you came home on mid tour leave. You were still young enough and still close enough to your...
THE DOLLARS AND SENSE OF WRITING
Perhaps it is fitting that I begin this essay on the 12th anniversary of my “Alive Day”. A dozen years ago today, far away...
Belonging to the Tribe
The Warrior Caste - our tribe. It’s a faded memory, but I can still feel it. Signing my proverbial (maybe more like “literal”) life...
First Sergeant Hill
Memorial Day is a complicated holiday for some of us. Nothing can cast into sharp relief the chasm, real or imagined, between GWOT vets...
The Psychedelic Warrior
As modern warriors, it’s important we open our minds to new ideas and perspectives in order to stay one step ahead of an increasingly...
Masks
One of the many reasons that I loved reading David Rose’s book, “No Joy,” was its intentional destruction of the civilian’s image of the...
Reengage
The sand grinds its way into my elbows and I settle my body behind the rifle. My ribcage aches from the weight that has...
A Way To Happiness
"When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide."
—Les Brown
Actively pursue your dreams.
There, I said it. Easy enough, right? No....