“I knew I wasn’t in Afghanistan. I knew soldiers weren’t dying in the distance. But in reality, that knowledge didn’t matter.”
Maurice Naylon
Maurice “Chipp” Naylon served nine years as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps, and he is the author of the book The New Ministry of Truth: Combat Advisors in Afghanistan and America’s Great Betrayal . Naylon and his wife, Jenna, live in Richmond, Virginia, where he works as a real estate accountant. In his free time, Naylon writes about his and Jenna’s travels in a blog, They Travel & Work.
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Leaders Are Forged as a Rocket Falls
In a time of crisis, initiative trumps authority when authority fails to lead.
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When the Stress of Combat Hits You in a High School Classroom
A former infantry officer realized the impact of war lingers longer than he’d thought.
