Thoughts on a Veterans Day
Category: Personal Experiences
Thoughts on a Veteran's Day
On 9/11 our Nation Dialed 9-1-1
Category: Poetry
On 9/11 our nation dialed 9-1-1. I was at work as the terrible sights were unfolding in New York and Pennsylvania. I had been given orders to close our state office. I had to wait until one employee returned and wrote this poem while I was waiting.
Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career
Category: Books
Mission Transition is a practical guide for veterans in career transition, their families, and their prospective employers. It attempts to address this primary question: How can transitioning veterans realize their full potential by avoiding false starts and suboptimal career choices following active duty? The book has been endorsed by Generals, Astronauts, Super Bowl winners, War College professors, sitting and retired members of Congress, and best-selling authors. Almost all that have read it insist that it should be mandatory reading for those in the service and those that have recently departed the service. I’m confident that you will not find a better book on this topic in the market. I’m similarly confident that this effort will significantly improve the lives of veterans here and abroad if only we can expose them to its content.
In The Arena
Category: Books
Last night we sighted fifty-eight NVA. We couldn't tell how many we killed because the fog rolled in as we were shooting our mission. It was a scary night. When the fog rolls in, there is no visibility. Sentries can't even see one another from one end of the small bunker complex to the other end.... I am back and going out again! All patrols have been made six days long. Six days of absolute silence and constant vigilance... In addition, the NVA are putting out anti-recon units. We have been having a lot of teams shot out of their insert LZs.
Your Friend, Mike
Category: Personal Experiences
A heartwarming story about a 3rd grade girl who wrote a letter to an unknown soldiers during the Vietnam War in 1970. Fifty years later, the now 59-year-old woman, sought out to find the soldier whose letter she had saved for 5 decades, only to learn that he had saved her letter too!
Giving back to those who served
Category: Personal Experiences
Giving back to those who served.
A Long Triage
Category: Books
The story of my struggle with the long term effects of the invisible wounds of war.
Power Point Ranger: My Iraq War Logs
Category: Books
Matt Jerome retired from the military. At age 52, he enjoys retirement days in his wood shop, but then after more than a decade out of uniform, the Army calls and changes his life dramatically. “The Army needs you for the surge of forces in Iraq,” the personnel manager says, and Captain Jerome answers, “OK, how can I help?”
Our Flag
Category: Poetry
A patriotic and inspirational poem about the American flag
America: A Treasure in the World
Category: Personal Experiences
The United States of America is a treasure that merits the continued defense of Americanism and support of those who have served her.