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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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Making Coffee
Proud that on Veterans Day my latest piece is out in the wonderful journal As You Were: The Military Review from the fine folks at Military Experience and the Arts! Find it here: https://militaryexperience.org/as-you-were-the-military-review-vol-15/making-coffee-halfway-in-kabul/
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Ongoing Afghanistan Crisis Appearance – 11/1/21
Very grateful to NBC 7 San Diego’s Allie Raffa for keeping this personal, important, and ongoing issue in the news, while allowing me to make it personal for her viewers. Things YOU can do to help: 1) Write/call your elected officials and demand to know what they are doing to reduce the processing backlog. 2)… Read more
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Updated 8/23/21 Afghanistan Withdrawal – Writings and Appearances
Like many Afghanistan veterans, my feelings on developments there are many and complicated as Biden first announced a complete withdrawal of troops and then later an acceleration of that withdrawal.
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