Right Now, It's This Way: The Importance of Being Present, Even When You Are Displaced
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Right Now, It's This Way: The Importance of Being Present, Even When You Are Displaced

A few years ago, I met a man with a phrase tattooed on his forearm in typeface. On the surface we had little in common. He was nearing sixty, a Hollywood screen writer who had never known anything...

COUNTERCULTURESurfers, Hippies, Hipsters, and Snowflakes — Counterculture In Special Operations

Surfers, Hippies, Hipsters, and Snowflakes — Counterculture In Special Operations

Special Forces students huddle together loosely in the cool grey light of dawn. Breath hangs on crisp morning air, as the students try to hold back a deep biting chill that fills the dwell time be...

OP-EDDoes Bigger = Stronger? Not Usually

Does Bigger = Stronger? Not Usually

Americans vision of strength and fitness shifted in the late 1970s. When guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno began appearing in films and on television, what we thought about strength...

Die LivingHow to Turn a Fleet of Main Battle Tanks into a Graveyard of Fossils

How to Turn a Fleet of Main Battle Tanks into a Graveyard of Fossils

With victory of the forces of ISIS, the Government of Iraq has a window of opportunity to rest, refit, and restructure their forces. Unfortunately, their dependence on unvetted and politically moti...

Die LivingThe Long Game

The Long Game

The mission of the Ranger Regiment changed dramatically during my time there. Each change was accompanied by different tactical and physical requirements. Despite these changes, the basic physica...

OP-EDRanger Review of War Machine

Ranger Review of War Machine

Our friends over at Combat Flip Flops hit the keyboard to give you the Ranger Review of the Netflix original movie, War Machine. (All photos credited to Netflix) Damn. That was a good movie. So g...