You can’t hide anything from your children, John Sims learned. When their family began talking openly about his three decades of service, the healing began.
Military Family
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Marines’ Wives Are All the Same, She Thought. And Then She Met Liesel
Joy Craig writes in an open letter about the chasm between Marines’ wives and female Marines, and about a budding friendship that has softened her distrust.
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Sailing the Atlantic Ocean – 2005
Tenley Lozano watched the Barque Eagle’s bow cut through the Atlantic Ocean’s night waters, which swelled with bioluminescence and dolphins.
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Service, Sexuality, and Stereotypes Of A Female Veteran
Tenley Lozano, a disabled female Veteran, describes the stereotypes and daily traumas of her service – sexual harassment, chronic migraines and PTS.
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A War That Began As Children
How easy is it for military families to discuss experiences at war? Derrick Perkins shares his story as a journalist reporting on military affairs while his own brother deployed overseas and the nonexistent conversations that followed.
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Years Later, Loss at War Resonates at Home
Our global community is and continues to be ever more affected by war. Responsible and constructive conversation is more important than ever.
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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.
