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Tag Archives: Stryker
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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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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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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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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