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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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Fighting battles, finding peace – my grandfather and me.
Grateful that the VA published something I wrote about PTSD, my grandfather, and me. I hope it helps #endthestigma. #ptsd #mentalhealth Find the post here: https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/90256/fighting-battles-finding-peace-grandfather/
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James is now on Medium
You can now find some of James’s musings on Medium here: https://medium.com/@jamesseddonauthor “Follow” him with the green button at the top and never miss a musing!
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The Navy Needs To Stop Buying Big Ships To Do All Its Small Jobs
Well, it seems the Navy read my article and modified the frigate design to be a proven and affordable one! Well, I can’t prove they read my article.
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Has justice actually been served for the USS Fitzgerald disaster?
Excited to have another piece published with Task & Purpose: https://taskandpurpose.com/has-justice-actually-been-served-for-the-uss-fitzgerald-disaster This was a follow up to a piece I wrote shortly after Fitzgerald’s deadly collision in 2017. That original piece is here: https://taskandpurpose.com/fitzgeralds-watch-team-mine I love Task & Purpose, so I’m always stoked when they pick something from me (three so far)! T&P’s Facebook post… Read more
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Remembering 9/11
Speaking at UC San Diego’s 9/11 Remembrance It was an honor to be asked to speak at UC San Diego’s 9/11 Remembrance. I struggled to decide what to say. Events like this are hard. What wouldn’t come across as cliché? What might be fresh? What isn’t over the top? Below is what I came up… Read more
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Veteran Transition Panel
Was honored and excited to be invited to sit on a panel along with some great military veterans in industry for a discussion with Rady School of Management veteran students. It was a career panel for the Rady Veteran’s group of evening and weekend MBA students. The topic for discussion was career transition from military… Read more
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Incoming: Sex, Drugs, and Copenhagen
Honored to have a piece included in this terrific anthology of military veteran writing. The theme is “extreme acts of escapism during service time.” Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Incoming-Sex-Drugs-Copenhagen-Veteran-Escapism/dp/0997949937
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Grandfather’s swastikas
A piece that I first started thinking about after Charlottesville got published in the LA Times! Find it here: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-seddon-swastika-nazi-grandfather-20190308-story.html What it looked like in print below!
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Performance at Veterans’ Creative Arts Expo
Was honored to read my piece “The Urchins and the Demon” at this expo: https://www.sosayweallonline.com/event/veterans-creative-arts-expo Good crowd. Fascinating and wonderful veteran art. Tacos! And always happy to rep So Say We All’s Incoming Veteran writers’ program. They mean a lot to me. Will try to get some pictures/video of the event.
