Stories

I was a pilot in Vietnam, tasked to fly children out of South Vietnam. 

About ten minutes after takeoff, we heard an explosion as the rear fuselage o...

I was with a special ops team when the U.S. government betrayed us.

We were tasked with training the soldiers of a foreign government. As a result, t...

We were on base one night. I had just been promoted, so I was there celebrating with my Marines. We stayed up that night until about 2am and then went...

Looking back, I was a harsh leader. I should have carried myself differently and treated the people under my command with more dignity.

I had a woman...

I served in Vietnam. I was in interrogator.

The Geneva Convention outlines certain rules about what you can do and not do to prisoners of war, but it...

I was a drone pilot while serving in the Air Force. I was the only female in a small group of males.

We used to go into a dark room each day, sit in ...

I was a deputy working for the county— under the Sheriff.

We used to arrest guys, take them to the local jail, and then turn in all the correct paper...

I think my story illustrates the difference between PTSD & Moral Injury…

During Vietnam, I was stationed at De Nang. I was in the Air Force and was a...

I’m the Fire Chief at the local station. One day, the Fire Inspector— a friend of mine— came to eat lunch.

I had my first floor office window open, b...

I was first on the scene to a fatal accident at a busy intersection downtown. A young mother and her 19-month old son were the victims.

A classic “hi...

Pretty quick into the George Floyd thing I learned that a first responder— a paramedic like me— stood there and filmed the entire interaction. Her iPh...

I was a nurse back in 2020– during the pandemic.

At first, I was scared and overwhelmed about an unknown virus coming from China. Nobody knew anythin...