Voices

But when you work in a community as small as ours, each death sends out ripples...

"I may not have done much in Afghanistan, but I captured the last picture of a good man."

You’ve seen this airplane come and go countless times since the beginning of the deployment but this time your name is on the manifest. It is your “freedom bird.”

Her willingness to speak truth in spite of fear left a lasting impression on me.

A Marine’s plea for justice and accountability following a substantiated investigation into her sexual harassment complaint

The experience of Black veterans is the experience of the nation, but some are trying to remove them from the conversation.

Don't believe the hype.

Now when I think about Valentine’s Day, I think about grenades.

The dialogue around toxic exposure should be evidence-based, relevant, solution-focused, and preventative.

“The course of action I’d suggest is a course of action I can’t suggest.”

You will have to learn a new language.

“I knew I wasn’t in Afghanistan. I knew soldiers weren’t dying in the distance. But in reality, that knowledge didn’t matter.”

“The story of Odysseus is the story of the day after—what happens when the battle is done? … My service wasn’t an accomplishment. It was a liability.”

“At least he could have his guys with him when he dies,” I said.

“That was Bryan,” I said, my voice shaking. “Bryan was there. That’s his group.”

Memorial Day in combat has a different purpose.

"I could no longer be the person I was prior to the Marine Corps."

“I don’t know any Arab except ‘Halt, or I’ll shoot!’”

Too often, military sexual trauma survivors report being re-traumatized by the very system that's meant to help them

You've heard from politicians. You've heard from pundits. Now it's time you hear from two U.S. military veterans who were among the first to take the fight to ISIS five years ago — and know exactly what an irrevocable mistake the administration of President Donald Trump has made in Syria

Vietnam vets are part of the age group that's growing fastest on Facebook and that's most likely to vote, making them an efficient target for our enemies

Austin Tice has been in captivity for 2,554 days.

If this exodus is not effectively addressed, our ability to fight from the air could be critically compromised in a way that will take decades from which to recover

There are bad ideas, and then there are bad ideas

"I would have been damned had I been a slut, but I was just as damned for not having been one."