Channeling Anger into Action

At two oโ€™clock in the afternoon on September 11, 2001, I heard a knock at my door. There stood a young sailor who handed me a flyer and said, โ€œThank you for your assistance.โ€ To my shock, my husband was getting called up for a spontaneous deployment. The flyer had a list of items I …

Guest Post: Military Scrutiny Isnโ€™t a Bad Thing; In Fact, We Need More

Todayโ€™s guest post comes fromย Major John Q. Bolton. Maj. Bolton is an officer deployed to Afghanistan. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy, an MBA from American Military University, and a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the Command and General Staff College. An Army Aviator (AH-64D/E), his …

Leaning into the Belt of Obedience, or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Reflective Belt

Author's note: At the current moment, the world is in a state of fraying tempers, dangerous actors, and uncertain agreements. Suffice to say, the news can be stressful. With that in mind, this week's post is ludicrously silly.ย  Itโ€™s well known that we have a serious problem in the military: how to quit our addiction …