A Veteran’s 30-Year Journey to Learn About a Friend Killed During the Vietnam War
For decades, he searched for information about a friend killed during in Vietnam, a journey that ended visiting the gravesite with the Marine’s mother.
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Fighting to Go Home: Operation Desert Storm, 30 Years Later
The Pentagon expected roughly 40% of Americans would be wounded or killed but “the Iraqi army wasn’t nearly as formidable as everyone made them out to be.”
“The Distance Between You Grows”—the Many Difficult Truths of Military Family Homecomings
Back-to-back deployments and explosions were “a recipe for disaster,” writes a military spouse. “For my family, reintegration lasted years.”
Senior Marine Corps Counsel Ridicules Sexual Assault Survivor at Court-Martial Hearing
Defense attorneys alleged unlawful command influence, that Marines denied the defendant due process. Judge described Corps’ behavior as “a step too far.”
“Halt, or I’ll Shoot”—an Army Veteran Reflects on Operation Desert Storm
Thirty years ago, Operation Desert Storm began. The so-called 100-hour war went rather quickly and smoothly. But the memories never ended.
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Chemicals. Chemicals. And More Chemicals. A Veteran Reflects on Her Time in Desert Storm
|Kelly KennedyFor decades, the U.S. has poisoned service members with toxic chemicals. Lotions. Pills. Testing. Burn pits. And then there’s the enemy’s chemical weapons.