EOD is the science of vague assumptions based on debatable data taken from inconclusive experiments with instruments of problematic accuracy by persons of questionable mentality....

I grew up in chaos. On March 17th, 2020 chaos reared its ugly head & turned my world upside down once again....

Coming out of the courtyard, we start taking fire from second-story windows across the street. The SAW gunner lays down a heavy stream and we close the distance, crossing the street to join the platoon....

Nothing will ever look, feel, smell, sound, or taste the same after this. When are you ever at peace?...

Either way, I would become enraged, but I never acted out of anger (don't think I didn't want to, I just chose the high road)....

Today, April 23rd, is National Grief-in-Public Day. Ok, so honestly I had no idea this was a thing until recently......

I had no idea that I was an addict and I definitely did not realize that I was my addiction’s plaything....

I was done, broken, & desperate. I wanted it all to end…...

Adrenaline, a bit of fear, anger, confusion, focus… all these things washed over me at once as we low crawled through a thorn bush to a small berm a few yards in front of us....

I began shouting to the Marine, “Hey, can you hear me? Can you move?!”...

I hated that man; I hated the General that screwed with the air support....

You want to talk about heroics?  Talk about them....

Life is short, or long. You just don't know how things are going to go from one day to the next....

The frightening thing is, some of you know you're at max pressure. You've been staring at your gauge for awhile now, tempting fate....

What makes veterans heroes?  Is it be cause we “signed a blank check” or because we “stand ready at the door against the wolves” or maybe it’s because we are the “rough men (and women)...