“I can’t believe this is how I’m going to die,” thought an Army medic after falling down a well. “We’re in the middle of nowhere. No one is going to rescue us.”
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Finding Peace in Lederhosen
A jaded Gulf War veteran needed a break, and found it in a small Bavarian town. A reflection by Dave Boe
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“Hellraisers,” Tinder Dates, and the Curse of the White Cloud
All he wanted was to see combat. Fortunately, he missed out.
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The Army Made Me Religious—Even Though I Still Don’t Believe in God
A love of community and military values became a former army sergeant’s faith.
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The Stories I Share as a Woman Veteran
A former Army photojournalist and combat medic grapples with how much people should know about war.
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Letters From War and Drawing “The Line Between Respect and Caution”
A former Army soldier grapples with an unresolved confessional to her late mother.
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The Experience of Army Basic Training
How a new recruit learned what being in the Army truly meant and where he eventually found his way, sort of.
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“I Was Still Pretending”—a Road Trip and Worry for a Little Boy
Searching for closure, a former Army Infantry officer travels to the gravesite of his platoon sergeant.
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“Patriotism Was in”—Enlisting in the Military to Become a U.S. Army Ranger
Ross Cohen was trekking across Asia when the Twin Towers were attacked. When the call for war began, he cut short his planned year-long trip to sign up.
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As a West Point Cadet, I Volunteered to Be “The Hot Sauce Man”
A midnight raid on a West Point dorm in which Augusto Giacoman was armed with hot sauce prepared him for war better than West Point’s rigid rules.
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“Big Bombs. Boom.”—a Pistol, the Smart Girl, and a Tragedy
Michael Carson talked philosophy and tragedy in a Mosul coffee shop. Back in the U.S. he’s still asking questions for which there are no answers.
