In the Line of Fire: How My Best Friend’s Death Taught Me to LiveFacing survivor’s guilt, finding redemption, and learning to embrace life after the ultimate sacrificeBenjamin Sledge·Added May 24, 2023·8 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added May 24, 2023·8 min read
It’s Been 20 Years Since We Invaded Iraq. I Am Still in the Desert.Even though many veterans came home physically from Iraq, we never fully returned homeBenjamin Sledge·Added Mar 21, 2023·7 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added Mar 21, 2023·7 min read
Measuring Time: How It Feels to Lose People in UkraineThe unseen toll of the war in UkraineRachel Jamison·Added Jan 27, 2023·6 min readRachel Jamison·Added Jan 27, 2023·6 min read
I’m A Marine. Guns Make Me Nervous.A veteran shares what gives him pause in owning a weapon even after experiencing the DC riotsBryan Lane·Added Feb 2, 2022·11 min readBryan Lane·Added Feb 2, 2022·11 min read
This Is My VietnamAn Afghanistan veteran weighs in on whether what we did mattered in the ‘Forever War’Benjamin Sledge·Added Aug 17, 2021·8 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added Aug 17, 2021·8 min read
Reflections on 20 Years of WarBenjamin Sledge·Added May 12, 2021·6 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added May 12, 2021·6 min read
My First Time Going to WarA frat boy joins the military to pay for college but ends up on the frontlines in the War on TerrorBenjamin Sledge·Added Jan 2, 2020·9 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added Jan 2, 2020·9 min read
Why Most Veterans Don’t Tell War StoriesA first-hand account of the horrors soldiers keep to themselvesBenjamin Sledge·Added Nov 11, 2019·7 min readBenjamin Sledge·Added Nov 11, 2019·7 min read