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Updated: July 11, 2025 Print Media Media appearances Other speaking appearances
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San Diego veterans react to order to rename USNS Harvey Milk
See story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Slj6AJYQQ I was happy to add my voice in opposition to the planned ship name changes. As time is always limited on these stories, the reporter chose to focus on my words concerning the unnecessary negative impact on military readiness. Those words were true, but they weren’t my only words or thoughts… Read more
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Veteran advocates for Afghan refugees amid policy changes
President Trump’s Executive Order, perhaps inadvertently, stopped processing of loyal Afghan wartime allies. I’m pushing to try to change that. See the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEL_N-owQBg More here: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/veteran-advocates-for-afghan-refugees-amid-policy-changes And see my Op-Ed on this topic here: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/01/08/opinion-the-word-refugee-includes-wartime-allies-they-must-be-helped/
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The word ‘refugee’ includes wartime allies.
Really happy that the San Diego Union Tribune is helping me get the word out. When people hear the word ‘refugee’ they often think of a random person who has shown up uninvited on some shore or crossed some border. In the case of Afghan wartime allies, however, due to nuances in immigration law, they… Read more
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Why I support Afghan Adjustment Act: I saw firsthand the sacrifices our Afghan allies made to help the U.S.
I recently joined the #AghanEvac Coalition as a member of their communications team. It seemed a natural extension of my work assisting in the cases of individual Afghans; a way to help on the macro scale in addition to the micro scale. We worked tirelessly advocating for the passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act before… Read more
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“Car Bombs Made Me a Selfish Bastard”
Find it here: https://www.consequenceforum.org/flash-nonfiction-project Honored that my sensory-focused essay “Car Bombs Made Me a Selfish Bastard” was among eight selected for Consequence Forum‘s first volume flash non-fiction project. Flash=short. Tiny, high-impact, pieces take you from Palestine to the Falklands to Afghanistan, and from the WWII through the Cold War to today while exploring war-adjacent experiences.… Read more
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Treatment of Afghans is a betrayal of them and veterans
“As an Afghanistan veteran, the rapid Taliban takeover was a terrible event for me to watch, stirring up old trauma that I had brought home. Like many veterans, I soon became involved in the effort to save Afghan allies who were abandoned in the chaotic evacuation.” “Our government seemingly works to cut away any remaining… Read more
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No, aircraft carriers will not be useless in a war with China
Every few years someone argues that aircraft carriers are now obsolete, making me shake my heads. Here is 2022’s version of that argument: US Navy aircraft carriers may be useless in a war with China Grateful that Task and Purpose gave me the opportunity to offer a rebuttal to this year’s version of the argument.… Read more
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Get an autographed copy of Limericks in Arms – and support a good cause.
I have written one, and only one, limerick in my entire life and it was for a good cause. Guitars 4 Vets is an organization that provides music therapy and musical instruments free of charge to veterans of all eras suffering from PTSD. Self-described “Army brat” and self-professed limerick addict Gary Hunt announced in the… Read more
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Why ‘Rogue One’ is the best Star Wars movie for military veterans – Task & Purpose
I finally figured out how to write in the veterans space and the Star Wars space simultaneously!
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