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Think Directing Troops on the Battlefield Is Tough? Try Dinner Skirmishes With Toddlers.
He stood in front of me in a pile of his own vomit. The remnants of his bottle and bile were spattered down his shirt, and he screamed that he wanted spaghetti for dinner. At the same time, no more than three feet away, sat a plate of…
America Faces a Tidal Wave of Aging Veterans, Including a 237% Increase in Women Over 65 by 2041
For decades, dawn brought the clarion bugle call of reveille across the lush campus of the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, 60 miles north of San Francisco. The residents, the earliest among them veterans of the Mexican-American…
Join The War Horse Team as Director of Development
The War Horse team is excited to meet our first full-time Director of Development. You will lead fundraising for our nonprofit newsroom and writing programs for military-related individuals. You will connect with donors who support…
Join The War Horse as Audience Engagement Manager
The War Horse seeks a creative, energetic, and collaborative teammate to help us grow and diversify our newsroom’s audience. The audience engagement manager will be part of a versatile, data-driven team that works with journalists across…
A Close Encounter With a Little Red Car and an Accusation of Attempted Murder
I think of Haiti as a country that just can’t catch a break. Beyond environmental challenges—deforestation, hurricanes, earthquakes—violence is commonplace, exacerbated by crushing poverty, crime, gangs, and drugs.Throw in the country’s…
‘Embrace the Suck’–Life as a Gold Star Child is a Race With No Finish Line
It’s Saturday morning in Lynchburg, Virginia, shortly before sunrise. I lace my Nikes and head out the door for a weekly run with my dad. I’m 12 years old.I tiptoe down the steps and gently open and close the front door so I don’t disturb…
Far Along on the Road That Doesn’t Come Back—Retracing the Steps of War Journalist Ernie Pyle
Author David Chrisinger spent the past four years walking in war journalist Ernie Pyle’s footsteps for his new book. This excerpt first appeared in “The Soldier’s Truth: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II,” from Penguin Publishing…
The True Consequence of War Demands Generations of Profound Loss
When the casualty notification team arrived at the door down the street, you dropped everything, and in a blinding rush toward her, saw that she was in the car in her driveway, the ignition on and her eyes fixed forward on infinity. Her son…
‘Please Come and Apply’—The PACT Act Is the Largest Expansion of Veteran Benefits in Decades
On Aug. 2, after six days of sleeping on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, Rosie Lopez-Torres breathed a sigh of relief. The Senate, after considerable back and forth, finally passed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson…
You Don’t Need to Thank Me for My Service. I Needed It More Than It Needed Me.
I’m proud of my service. Let me get that out of the way up front. But I don’t parade my service around. I don’t wear clothes that advertise it. There are no bumper stickers on my car. I rarely bring it up in conversation.Most people are…
Play Hard. Get Dirty. Use Good Saop.