OPEN COMMUNICATION IS KEY
Whenever someone tells me “Thank you for your service,” I thank them right back. I appreciate acknowledgement that I’ve served. But these days, as a veteran, the thing that triggers that acknowledgement more than anything is when someone sees the Purple Heart license plate on the back of the car. On more than one occasion, […]
A WARRIOR’S THOUGHTS ON OPERATIONAL CREDIBILITY
As warriors, we’ve all been there. “Intel says the target is here, and relatively unprotected.“ You and your team prepare yourselves, do all your rehearsals, perform all your pre-combat checks, and you go. That’s the job, after all. Then you get there. And you find out the intel was wrong. At best, the location is just […]
HOW VETERANS WERE EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS
Asbestos is a toxic substance that was used abundantly in the military during most of the 20th century, and the mineral is the only cause of a rare disease. Mesothelioma is a cancer that takes between 20 and 50 years to develop after exposure. The only proven cause of this disease is from inhaling these fibers […]