Havoc13
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5 Reasons Why ISIS Isn’t The “JV” Team . . .We Are
By Havoc13 Back in early 20014, President Obama famously dismissed the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, which is effectively Al Qaeda 2.0) as a “JV team.” This happened...
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Veterans: What We Are All Owed on the 4th of July
By Havoc13 I get it, you’re a veteran. You’re proud of that, and you want everyone around you to know it. You have the t-shirts, the hats, and the bumper...
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Source: Bergdahl to Face Prosecution for Desertion
By Havoc 13 In a bombshell revelation made just last night, it appears that the Pentagon plans to prosecute Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for desertion after all. First revealed on...
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America, the World’s Insurance Policy: Time to Let the Boulder Roll
By Havok13 I don’t go around seeking hidden meaning in cartoons, but sometimes inspiration strikes. It will probably take about as much time for you to read this description of...
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Fellow Veterans, Stop Letting ISIS Win
By Havoc13 I’ve been getting pinged right and left the last couple of days by well-meaning people who are apparently deeply concerned for my safety. It seems that ISIS, the...
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Light on the Right: Ditch Deployment Dodgers
By Havoc13 “Bro, is that an O6… with no combat patch???” The question, asked by a good friend of mine who happens to be a former Ranger NCO, was whispered...
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Leadership Lessons: Hands Off Doesn’t Work With Joe
By Havok 13 If you’re in the Army, you’ve probably already heard all about Joe. “Joe” is a term of endearment used to describe Army personnel of all ranks, but...
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The Complete Non-Issue of Indian Tribes and the US Military’s Naming Conventions
By Havoc13 I read something really interesting a couple of days ago, it was titled “The U.S. Military’s Ongoing Slur of Native Americans,” and it went a little something like...
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Put Me Back In, Coach – The Reasons I Would Go Back To Iraq
By Havoc13 Like many members of the US military, I served in Iraq multiple times. I was there in 2004 during the heady days of post-invasion euphoria, when optimism was...
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PTSD: “Drama” is not “Trauma”
By Havoc13 It seems there are a lot of people out there these days who don’t quite understand PTSD. I specifically include myself among them; PTSD is a complicated subject,...
