All he wanted was to see combat. Fortunately, he missed out.
Combat
Posted inReflections
Finding My Calling While Treating a Casualty Inside Friendly Lines
He saw gore and death, but he also saved lives. There are certain things a former corpsman will never forget or take for granted.
Posted inReflections
The Suicide Bombing of December 21 and What Came After
A reporter’s journey through war, trauma and healing
Posted inReflections
My Father Died Over 60 Years Ago. I Feel That I‘m Just Now Meeting Him
His father served in World War II and remade his life, one that a son is finally discovering.
Posted inReflections
“We Owned the Night”—a Midnight Raid in Iraq With Screaming Banshees
Augusto Giacoman almost jumped for joy when he was assigned his first midnight raid, but what he saw that night quickly changed his mind.
Posted inReflections
The Frog’s Revenge Came in the Form of Iraqi Rockets
Augusto Giacoman’s humanity was reduced to instinct as the rockets began to hit, and he understood how the frog he’d encountered as a child must have felt.
Posted inNewsroom
A Centuries-Long Battle to the Ambiguity of War
Read how George Heath examines the questions surrounding the definition of a crime during wartime, which are largely unsettled. In modern warfare combatants dress as civilians and war is waged more covertly than ever.
Posted inReflections
Becoming A Veteran Without War
How do some veterans feel about killing? Do they want to kill? Nathan Eckman shares his story on what it means to be a veteran without the experiences of combat.
Posted inNewsroom
Echoes Project: Javier Ortiz Rivera
After she heard that her husband had died, Veronica remembers screaming for the Marines and chaplain to leave, but they wouldn’t.
