The Gaslamp District
“I should be ashamed of this. I’m not, because I am tasting grapes. This smile, don’t look. It’s my bait, my words the hook.”-The AuditionIt’s taken me 31 years to figure out that there are two types...
View ArticleAmerican Sniper: A Voice For Veterans
“This city is haunted by ghosts from broken homes.“-Alexisonfire Well, it’s a new year. Welcome to 2015. This is the year we were supposed to have flying cars and hover boards. Color me...
View ArticleWhy Fight? Some Analytic Philosophy & A Politically Incorrect Answer
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared, slightly altered, in a 2 Part series in Havok Journal under the title "Warfighter Intentions, the Munchhausen Trilemma & More". This article is...
View ArticleSilent Professional: A Challenge to the Paradigm
Before kicking off, for clarity purposes, the term “paradigm” in this article is used with the definition provided by Thomas Kuhn:“…the entire constellation of beliefs, values, techniques, and so on...
View ArticleVirtue of the Pirate
The people who build nations sure have come in different shades. While some have been warm-hearted diplomats—others have been far less socially acceptable. In times of war, nations have granted...
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The Warrior's Path: Part 1
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally...
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Jade Helm 15: Calm the Fuck Down
Since late March of this year, conspiracy theorists have put Bigfoot on the back burner and have put the multi-state, US military training exercise in their shaky cross hairs. With intellectual...
View ArticleYou Don't Know That You Suck
This is the hardest truth in training. There are so many shooters with a self perception that is far different from reality. Sometimes when I hear someone telling everyone about how high-speed they are...
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Veteran Outrage Syndrome
"The devil is a lie." -Rick Ross Last week, I witnessed our veteran community come together in a rarely precedented show of cohesion and support. Veterans from all across the country, from all eras,...
View ArticleA Veteran's Guide to Disability Compensation
"Wherever you are at, whether in civilian clothes or in uniform, we work together, we never let each other down." —Master Sergeant Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez, CMH recipient and bona fide neck snapper...
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The Warrior's Path: Part 2
“There is no question; a part of me will forever be up on that mountain, dead.... as my brothers died. But there’s a part of me that lived, because of my brothers, because of them I am still alive....
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Collateral Damage: The Typecasting and Self Destruction of the American Veteran
“One love, one house” -Slaves 22 Veterans of the armed forces of the United States kill themselves every day. Every day. This isn’t open to interpretation. This doesn’t have a left/right wing spin to...
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All In
All InBy: Jimmy Stare “I was thinking about joining the community, you got any advice?”I’ve been asked this question many times by young men who are looking for something more. This is just my...
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Homage to the Infantry
The meaning of the word “grunt” has little wiggle room. You either are one, or you are not. Anybody who knows one will attest. . . a grunt’s distinction between grunt and non-grunt is a...
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We Hail From a Nation of _______
There's a thorn in the side of most who ever pulled a trigger for Uncle Sam: a specific type of self-proclaimed "military fan." You know the ones. . . quick to whip out some quote about men and...
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Divorce, Loss, And Success - A Veterans Perspective
6:00 A.M., on a drive up Highway 1, just South of Santa Barbara; the world rested in a peaceful calm. I had the driver’s side window down and my elbow resting on the frame. The cool sea breeze...
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The New American Royalty: Part One
Note: This article is the first of a three-part series; spanning the next three days. The second article will be published on August 20th, and the final article will published on August 21st. “On one...
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The New American Royalty: Part Two
Note: this article is the second of a three-part series. The first article has been published, and the final article will be published August 21st. Alas, our red route was clear and no kills...
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The New American Royalty: Part Three
Note: This is the final article of a three-part series. The first was published August 19th, and second was published on the 20th. After all the information had been briefed to Karl, he deemed...
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Women in Combat Units is Still a Bad Idea (Sorry)
Just in case you were under a rock the past couple of weeks; two women have graduated from Ranger School. Unsurprisingly perhaps, with this significant event has come a renewed energy regarding...
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