Cameron Conaway’s recent trip to the Flight 93 Memorial left him heartbroken, but not in the way he expected.
Conflict
George Zimmerman: The Tragic Limitations of Situational Awareness
Mark Greene believes Americans need to rely less on guns and more on situational engagement.
The Problem With You Is, You’ll Always Be Bigots
The story of the black community in Britain struggling to get inquests into deaths of its young men at the hands of the police isn’t a new one.
The Shadow of Beauty
Atalwin Polin talks about a reader’s kind contribution to his journey and the movement again Islamist free speech in Turkey.
Army Surplus
John Tinseth can’t walk through the Army Navy Surplus Store without thinking of the guys he knew in the Army.
The Navy SEALs and Magical Thinking
Tom Matlack looks at how the romanticization of U.S. Special Forces is linked to dangerous myths about manhood and war.
Repeating Iraq’s Mistakes in Afghanistan
War correspondent Michael Kamber talks about the lessons of Iraq, and how the situation in Afghanistan shows that they have not been learned.
Prisons Of The Mind, Dementia In Aging Inmates
Julie Gillis reflects on how trusting prisoners with the care of inmates affected by dementia increases their ability for compassion.
Long Soft Hair
Richard Aubrey, with fiction from the front lines.
The Signs and Symptoms of Combat-Related PTSD
For everything we hear about it, Harry Croft writes, many of us still don’t know enough about PTSD.
The Trauma of Lost Love
The U.S. has left Iraq, but Iraq has not left one U.S. soldier, writes veteran Justin Cliburn.
The Girl Is the New Drug
An old, flesh-based business model for the modern “bad guy.”
Deniers and PTSD
Good Men Project commenter MediaHound tells a surprising story of how PTSD came to be recognized as such.
A 100-Year Sentence: Finding the Light
Facing over a century behind bars, Roberto Wahid Lewis found a way to re-center himself and, eventually, start a new life on the outside.
A Good Man From the Past: Betrayer or Betrayed?
In 1953, Corporal Edward Dickenson returned from a North Korean POW camp a hero. Only months later, he was serving a 10-year sentence for collaborating with the enemy.
Damaged From Combat, Burdened With Insight
One psychiatrist argues that soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder may be the unsung champions of strength in gender identity.