Veteran/Military – Embracing the Suck

Rough Transition

It’s five years since my last post. I just wasn’t inspired to write, but I’m ready…

I think it’s important to let my readers know that I did nothing in Iraq that…

A month ago, I was put on a new medication to prevent heart disease (genetics). A…

We pulled into a small IP base in the middle of the city and got out…

Everyone has a story as to why they decided to join the military. In the Vietnam…

A short time later Washington and I moved to an area down the road to document…

After the truck commander (TC) carried the wounded Iraqi Police Officer (IP) to the medic, we…

October 2006 I was about a month into my tour and I thought to myself, “I…

In 2013, I stopped living. I was physically alive, but not living any sort of life.…

Written: 4/7/2013 My life in Iraq was that of a nomad, I was always on the…