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Misadventures on a Nuclear Submarine: A Swollen Knee, a Gush of Water, and a Man Overboard
When you’re serving on a Navy submarine with dozens of torpedoes and nuclear-tipped missiles, the best days are the boring ones. Boring on a submarine is good. Boring means everything is working like it should and everyone is doing what…
What Do Firings of DOD and VA Inspectors General Mean for Military Whistleblowers? Chaos, confusion,…
Three weeks after President Donald Trump’s extraordinary purge of inspectors general across the federal government, a document arrived in Navy Lt. Cmdr. Shannon Bencs’ email inbox.It was the day before Valentine’s Day, but what was detailed…
On Sale for $2: A Soldier’s Act of Heroism, Right Next to Used Books and an Old Toaster
Every Sunday, a swap meet takes over the parking lot of the VanBuren Drive-In movie theater in Riverside, California. During one visit, I had wandered away from my friends, who were combing through old dishes, looking for rare midcentury…
Veterans Won Big With the PACT Act. Now, Civilian Military Contractors Are Starting Their Own…
Shay Dubis got to know the love of her life through a series of FaceTime calls from the other side of the planet.She was just outside of Atlanta, he was in Afghanistan. She would call her future husband, Scott Dubis, on her way to work,…
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning…
It’s been less than two years since the Army renamed the training base near Columbus, Georgia, in honor of my parents, Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” and Julie Moore.“Our family is deeply grateful that our parents will be honored, remembered, and…
Homegrown Trips: Desperate for PTSD Relief, Veterans Turn to Each Other for DIY Psychedelic…
This story contains the topic of suicide. If you or anyone you know are having thoughts of suicide, please call 988. Lena Ramsay lives with two aging chihuahuas—Diesel and Daisy—in rural Maine, down a long dirt road overlooking a glassy…
My Brother Was Beyond Loved. If Only He Knew He Was More Than a ‘Man in Uniform’
This story contains the topic of suicide. If you or anyone you know are having thoughts of suicide, please call 988.I knew you when you shined bright like the sun. Your laughter was so contagious we’d laugh so hard our bellies hurt. Your…
Everyone Has Secrets. Mine Are the Wrath and Fury Unleashed By War
There is a reason drill instructors start screaming in your face the moment you arrive at boot camp. Before you can be built up into a proper soldier, you must first be torn down. To be an effective cog in the war-fighting machine, the way…
Fifty-two years after a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Laos, a family still fights for answers:…
The tragic story of an American spy plane with the radio call sign Baron 52 began like so many other midnight missions over Indochina.
Shortly after 11 p.m. on Feb. 4, 1973, the plane left a Thai air force base with a crew of eight whose…
Inside San Quentin Prison a Marine Found a New Kind of Family
Editor’s Note: This story was published in partnership with San Quentin News and was written during a writing seminar for incarcerated veterans in April hosted by The War Horse at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Tens of…
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