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Fallen by Melissa Summers
This is just something i wrote. I was driving home, listening to the radio and listening to the presenter talk about protestors at the funerals of fallen soldiers. It hit me so hard that i found myself crying on the side of the road. This i wrote, because i felt it in my chest and needed to get it o..
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FICTION* God Bless You, Sir!! by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A Marine who is currently in the reserves writes about people's reaction towards him, especially since coming home from Afghanistan. (He was in the Marines for nearly a year; he went in shortly after America had been attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001.)..
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Fighting the Cold War in a VW Beetle! by Kalikiano Kalei
While my brave colleagues were flying nuclear-armed Boeing B-52 Intercontinental Bombers (and pulling alert duty in Minute-Man ICBM missile silos), I was dutifully fighting my own war to keep from freezing to death during frigid North Dakota winters in a 1962 Volkswagen Beetle! [And you thought Kore..
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Freedom isn't Free by Kathryn Perry
I will always stand for the flag, and kneel at the cross...
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From the Present to the Past by Bethann Korsmit
A short story after visiting the American Military Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands...
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Goon. (Part Thirteen) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Goon is just about done with his basic training: he has only 1 1/2 weeks left before he goes back home to New Hampshire for R & R and then to Alaska, where he will be stationed for the next several years.
Image (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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Grace by J.P. Sclafani
Warren Gantry stands at the bow of a landing craft on D-Day, holding back the mounting fear...
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Hit In The Head..And Lives!: An Iraq War Story. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A man faces a battle at home as he recovers from devastating injuries that have changed his life forever...
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Homesick in Hell by Henry Lefevre
Fort Leonard could make any army draftee home sick...
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Honoring our men who have given their lives by Angela Watkins
Greenberg, Milton L Mr Army G8-FD sharing an email: I want you all to know that simply by coincidence you have been granted both the privilege and honor of escorting the body of Army PFC Howard Johnson, Jr. home tonight. ..
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Honoring Our Veterans: They Fought So We Could Be Free! (By Armand Moliere') by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A former veteran shares his feelings about Veterans' Day.
His spelling isn't that good, so please bear with him. He writes like he talks...
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Hotter Than Hell Itself. ... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A female soldier copes with brutal conditions in a foreign land...
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How I Became a Meteorology Guru -- Sort Of by Henry Lefevre
Is the Institute of Tropical still alive and kicking?..
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How I Feel About My Marine Dad (By Jubaki, aged 8) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young boy whose father is a Marine shares his feelings about him and his military career.
Mistakes are intentional; it's as though a child is writing the letter...
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I Miss You, Buddy: A Marine Writes... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A Marine who was lucky to have come home from Afghanistan laments the loss of three of his buddies (including his best friend) on this Memorial Day. He is still haunted by nightmares in which he saw his friends killed by enemy fire...
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If I Don't Return. ... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A man who enlisted into the United States Marines tells his family what to do with his belongings in case he doesn't make it back alive.
Image of American flag (c) 2010, by Karla Dorman...
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Implications of War by Michael Wilson
This is fiction, also thinly veiled reality. The ugly world we live in today...
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In An Instant... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
An Iraqi War veteran must cope with her lifechanging injuries. She vents out her frustrations.
God bless our fighting men and women; let's be more supportive of them and their needs!..
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It's nothing like anything here by Gina Sanford
"my book doesn't fit in! It's funny, light hearted, cynical, and most of the time just plain goofy. I have written serious things in it that will grab at your heart strings no doubt, but for the most part I just spent my days writing about things that happened in my everyday life. Things that I c..
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Just a Wee Morsel by Celia Hayes
What happens when the Sergeants Three take in an orphaned kitten?..
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Just Another Forgotten Hero © 2012, Karla Dorman by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
A nation is revealed not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers. ~ President John F. Kennedy
Image © 2012, Karla Dorman..
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Leap Year Memories of a Veteran, Connecting to Benefits, Social Work Month by Keith John Paul Horcasitas
Composite memories from 1989 of assisting someone at a private hospital to get Veteran benefits, the difficulties and the struggles involved from a micro and macro level ... and most importantly, from a human perspective ......
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Leaving for Viet Nam by James Alonzo
Saying goodbye to wife before Viet Nam..
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Little Jimmy's miracle by Lois Wauson
my aunt, Clare, told me this story about my her son's miracle healing...
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Living In New Bodies. ... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A group of wounded soldiers come home to recuperate and undergo therapy.
Image of American flag (c) 2008, by Karla Dorman...
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Loose Lips by Jansen Estrup
Cyber security has always given us a false sense of well-being. The human element is always the weakest
link. A lesson from 1969 ... ..
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Lost & Found by R.J. Hamilton
Many have died in honor of our country. ..
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Marksman by S Cardin
This is a military short story from a very different, cynical perspective. Written in 1989 and inspired by real life, Stacey LaVenture, a female enlisted soilder, gives us in insight on "qualification". ..
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Memorial Day 2012 by Cherie Drew
I’m still holding the folded flag close to my heart the sting of the cold is leaving and I remember now that the three shell casing represent “Duty, Honor, and Country.”..
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Missouri Church Socials by Henry Lefevre
When a Fort Wood recruit's mind turns to home cooking and beautiful farm girls, there's always the option of Missouri Church Socials...
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My third week by Gina Sanford
This week I am lucky to have my "family". My Army family has been good to me. Sometimes the road gets long and really rocky and the only ones who can really help you through it are the ones who have been there or know what it looks like. ..
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Naval Chronology - 1972 - 1975 by David Wagner
I have often been asked by young men that are going into the United States Navy for the first time as to what "boot camp" was like. I served with the United States Navy for three years and spent a little over nine weeks of that time at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois f..
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Nerds Volunteer by Henry Lefevre
Never depend on conventional wisdom...
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Not For Sale by Myles Saulibio
Combat Boots, used firearm, worn frequently and not abandoned...
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On Guard! by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A woman in the Army learns to watch her back as well as the backs of her comrades during the heat of battle.
Image of American flag (C) 2009, by Karla Dorman...
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Only a Paper Star by Celia Hayes
What happens when a some bored junior NCOs create a mythical officer?..
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Our Nation's Heroes: An Essay By Johnny Sandusky by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnny's tribute to our military heroes past and present.
To all the veterans here at the Den: God bless each and every one of you, and thank you for your brave service!! You are the TRUE heroes!! :)..
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Outguessing The Fog by Henry Lefevre
Wars involve much more than shooting them dead...
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Please Don't Forget About Us. Raw Language, Content by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Remember why we are "free" today as a nation.
Remember our veterans this Veteran's Day!..
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Pray For Our Heroes. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A soldier asks people to pray for the military...
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Priorities: A Soldier's Diary. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A woman writes from the battlefield in between rounds of gunfire...
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Prologue From My Novel, On The Dead Run by Wendell Thorne
Coming of age frame tale. 17-year old Virgil Peal's journey into adulthood via his enlistment in the U.S. Coast Guard. Framed by the 46-year-old Virgil's first experience in a ACOA meeting, this is a tale of love and lust, discovery and dysfunction, and the urge to "run" in all of us. This is the..
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Remember Our Veterans On This Veteran's Day! by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
An aged veteran tries to cope with how people view him.
Do the best thing you can do this Veteran's Day: Thank a Veteran; thank him/her for the sacrifices they have made in order to keep us free.
I do: I live with one. My twin sister, who was in the Air Force. :D..
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Remembering Our Veterans On This Veteran's Day (Part Four) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
An aging veteran wakes up in the hospital after suffering a mild heart attack while attending Veteran's Day ceremonies a few days back...
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Remembering Our Veterans On This Veteran's Day (Part Three) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
The aging veteran featured in this series continues to exist -- but barely so. And it makes him angry. Good and angry.
Image (C) 2009, Karla Dorman...
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Remembering Our Veterans On This Veteran's Day (Part Two) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
The veteran featured in part one of "Remember Our Veterans On This Veteran's Day" is back, still struggling, still searching for answers/support regarding his plight...
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Remembering The Soldiers...By Ronee', aged 12 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl writes about her feelings regarding Memorial Day, which is this coming Monday...
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Roscoe's Story. (Story #3,170) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A veteran copes with being homeless and suffering from PTSD.
Roscoe was introduced in a previous story, "Kenna's Story". This is the third part of an ongoing series.
Spelling errors intentional...
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Saddam's Toilet, Part 1 by Kalikiano Kalei
A story of the 1991 Middle Eastern Gulf War, based upon real events and real people, with names and identities changed to protect the participants. This is part one of three.
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Saddam's Toilet, Part 2 by Kalikiano Kalei
The second of the 'Saddam's Toilet' stories, written while in Saudi Arabia (late 1980s).
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