Since most of Battle Company, second platoon disbanded, we've moved on. Careers have been launched, schools attended and families starte...

Nearly half a decade ago in a stuffy barracks room corner, I created this blog for a very simple reason: to communicate to my family the cur...

As the steady flow of commuters emptied out of the subway, I stood to the side, watching down avenues of approach with my head on a swivel. ...

The amount of stuff a soldier brings home from war can be limitless. Books, bootleg DVDs, letters, pictures, memories, post traumatic stress...

“Hey man, just so you know, I’m going to set this thing off.” I don’t have a metal plate in my head or shrapnel in my legs, but I carry with...

Green Zone (2010): Shaky cam shakes man Bourne is on the hunt for WMD We too find nothing *** (Previous haiku reviews: Redacted , Home of t...

The Hurt Locker was far from my favorite movie of 2009. Out of the ten nominees for Best Picture, I liked four films more than Kathryn Bige...

or: Hurt Locker updates will continue until Iraq movies improve While The Hurt Locker is still considered to be the heavy favorite to pick ...

If you're not a regular at the Holiday Inn or stopped reading so called news-papers, head on over to USA Today for a piece on veterans ...

My ex girlfriend's best friend and former roommate had an odd, expensive and time consuming hobby. She would collect magazines, dozens o...