• Some Thoughts on Suicide
• Memorial Day
• Holiday Safety Briefing
• Douche of the Week: The Woman Who Evicted Her Father
• Soldier Hard – Red Flags – Addressing Veteran Suicide
• Things I Wish I Knew Before I Tried My Hand at College
• Dave Roever, Chad Robichaux, and the Mighty Oaks Foundation
• Messing with Marcus
• Big Army’s Latest FUBAR
• The Benghazi Debacle

Stories/Articles

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  Memorial Day

    By RU Rob While Memorial Day in the United States often induces thoughts of the beginning of summer, BBQ’s and a long holiday weekend, it is not celebrated as intended....

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  Holiday Safety Briefing

  The long holiday weekend starts tonight after final formation and there will undoubtedly be a safety briefing prior to dismissal.  I have had the pleasure of hearing some dandy safety briefings...

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  On Rape

  by Nick Palmisciano   We need to step up. All of us. The Department of Defense is now estimating that anywhere from 20-25% of all women who have served in the...

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  Douche of the Week: The Woman Who Evicted Her Father

    By Ghengis Ron “I laid awake at night trying to figure out what in the world I could have done to these people to make them so angry at me.”...

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  Things I Wish I Knew Before I Tried My Hand at College

    By Mad Medic Almost every enlisted Joe can’t wait to get out and go to that magical land called “college” where they can get a degree and make the big...

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  Dave Roever, Chad Robichaux, and the Mighty Oaks Foundation

  By Mr. Twisted. While serving as a river boat gunner in Vietnam, Dave Roever was severely burned by a phosphorus grenade. Numerous surgeries, 14 months in a hospital, and many years...

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  Messing with Marcus

    By Kelly Crigger “Know why I’m wearing these duds?” I didn’t look at him hoping he’d go away. No such luck. “It’s Disco Night at that bar in Westport. Come...

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  Big Army’s Latest FUBAR

    By Mad Medic It seems almost comical. Perhaps there were a bunch of generals sitting around trying to fluff their OER so they could get another star, maybe it was...

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  The Benghazi Debacle

    By Ghengis Ron Did the US do enough to protect its people during the attack on the American diplomatic facility in Benghazi? Greg Hicks, the Deputy Chief of Mission at...

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  Go Ye Forth, and Sin Some More

    By Grin and Barrett You know the routine - Wake up early, get to work. Your day is a mixture of PT, busting your ass, and dealing with issues that...

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  A Failure of Management

    By RU Special Guest Mike Kiley The mainstream media is reporting how State Department and CIA career officials are lawyering up as they prepare to provide information to Congress about...

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  Work Ethic: The Individual

    By Mr. Twisted “Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will...

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  Is the Pentagon Persecuting Christians: A Conversation

    By Mr. Twisted and SGT Awesome The topic of faith is, without question, one of the most difficult subjects to write on and maintain any sense of objectivity. Nobody approaches...

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  I Thought I Was Going to Die

    By Kevin Flike There were many times in Afghanistan that I thought I could die, but there were only two times that I thought I was going to die for...

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  BAMF of the Week: COL Warner “Rocky” Farr

    By Mr. Twisted In the context of human life, 46 years is a fair amount of time. When considering how much has occurred in the last 46 years, that span...

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  Citizen SEAL

    By Jack Mandaville “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.” -George Washington There is an unquestionable chasm between the images presented by the American military...