A gunnery sergeant grapples with his love of deployments during a time when his family needs him at home.
A Marine officer reflects on his youthful fearlessness—and its end.
Burn pits have been poisoning soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan for the last 11 years. But Veterans Affairs seems reluctant to do anything about it.
A former Army soldier grapples with an unresolved confessional to her late mother.
A former infantry officer realized the impact of war lingers longer than he’d thought.
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The Death of Invincibility
|Major Ryan W. PallasA Marine officer reflects on his youthful fearlessness—and its end.