Now in Paperback!
Like "Ghosts"? Own it for your coffee table or personal collection. A collection of war poems and vignettes.
UPDATED: 3rd Edition of the eBook detailing the accounts of the mission no one ever heard of but should have!
The untold story of how Charger Troop and 2-14 Cav changed the game in northern-Iraq; UPDATED now with new photos, maps and twenty-eight extra pages of text
My first eBook:
"Living in the Shadow" is now available on Amazon's Kindle and chronicles my life with PTSD over the past decade.
Author Archives: anotherwarriorpoet
Independence Day: Enjoying Your Freedom? Don’t Thank a Veteran…
Independence Day for Americans is a day where we signify the birth of a nation; the start of the grand experiment known as democracy and the establishment of a set of systems and values that would go on to define … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July. independence day, America, Disgruntled Veteran, veteran
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Every Form of Contact
It seems like my old buddy H.R. McMaster is back in the news, now as our new National Security Adviser. Here’s hoping my interactions with him now will be different than when I did so in 2005 in Tal’Afar. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, iraq, ISIL, ISIS, military leadership, Stryker, Tal'Afar, Valor, war, war vignettes
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Twelve
Twelve: the hours in the day Which my heart still beats Reminding me that I made it out When you never did.
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Frank Hernandez, iraq, PTSD, Stryker, Tal'Afar, veteran, war, war poems, War Poetry, War Poetry
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Addiction (part 2)
Continued from Additcton (Part 1) We had already got our fix that day. An overdose perhaps, But that did not stop Them from providing more; Nor us from enduring it. Coming down, after several Hours-in, we were rolling home When … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, paranoia, PTSD, Purple Heart, Remembrance Day, Stryker, Tal'Afar, Valor, veteran, Veterans Day, war, war poems, War Poetry, War Poetry
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Addiction (part 1)
You never knew you Needed it until they gave It to you. Young and naive Maybe you might have dreamt of it; Pretended it. You might have asked for it; Sought it, prayed for it Imagined it, feared it. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, paranoia, PTSD, Purple Heart, Remembrance Day, Stryker, Tal'Afar, Valor, veteran, Veterans Day, war, war poems, War Poetry, War Poetry
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Life gets in the way
I haven’t posted anything in over a month now. Though I had plenty to say and write about the Pages From My Pocket series, as well as other quips, tales and thoughts – life has just gotten in the way. … Continue reading
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Contact: Time Measured in Seconds —
TBOTB Blog sponsored by: Protalus Discount Code: ffvillage Support Wounded Warriors Publishing Contact. What is it? It’s a radio-call; it’s an event; it’s something you receive, not something you get to give (there are other words for that); it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, combat, depression, Disgruntled Veteran, iraq, military leadership, PTSD, Stryker, Tal'Afar, veteran, war, war vpoetry
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