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Service Repaid. Top Story - February 2021.
Soo-Jin Quinn paced the waiting room area feverishly as she counted down the time. She looked at the light above the door expecting it to cease its glow at any moment. She knew she still had three more long agonizing minutes until it was her turn, and it was torture.
By George Grimes5 years ago in Serve
Where the East and West Meet
There is a place on the most southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Japan that couldn't be farther away from where I grew up in Northern California.
By S. L. Harpel5 years ago in Serve
The Day The Music Died
I was nine years old when Top Gun came out, the Navy’s two-hour recruiting commercial. It wasn’t until the summer of ’89 that I saw the movie for the first time.
By Max M Power5 years ago in Serve
War Child
He came to us war-torn and ragged, the child buried somewhere safe behind dark, haunted eyes. Silent and watchful, he eyed my husband and me without fear, resigned to whatever fate had in store for him. Found under a pile of rubble from his school in the village of Azaz, he lay on top of a dead classmate, unconscious and bleeding profusely from numerous lacerations. The barrel bomb was thorough in the destruction of the school, with the boy being the only survivor out of thirty children and four teachers.
By Riss Ryker5 years ago in Serve
Forgotten Days Past
“After all, if you have a chance of being shot or blown up any day, what threat is lung cancer?” Joe reasoned and dragged another puff on his Woodbine. He glanced up out of their hole; distant flashes of fire lit his eyes. Smoke that held the tang of scorched earth, burnt metal and hell, filled his nostrils.
By Suzsi Mandeville5 years ago in Serve
The Perpetual Soldier
There are few generals as famous as George S. Patton and some may have found it hard to believe if it was not documented in his poem that he wrote "Through a Glass Darkly" exactly how he felt about the topic.
By Leisa Coffman5 years ago in Serve
My Transition from the Army.
Serving in the United States Army for the last 20 years 5 months and 18 days has been the most amazing experience of my life (so far). Are there moments I regret…. of course! Did I form amazing lifelong bonds with people…of course! I experienced so much that I could probably write a series of articles on that as well. However, this piece is on how I successfully (kind of) handled my transition from the Army.
By Brian Pehrson5 years ago in Serve
Book Review: "Balcony in the Forest" by Julien Gracq
Set in the war of 1939, the Second World War that is, this book makes an attempt at being a subversive war novel from the rest. Including dream sequences, almost folklore-ish creatures and stories, the book is almost trying to hard to get away from the type that is already running through it via its premise: a war novel. Do I think that this takes away from the harsh realities of the war? Yes, but only slightly. Let me explain.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Serve
22 Too Many: Veteran Suicide & Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Veterans Crisis Line (three options below): 1) Call: 1-800-273-8255, then press 1
By Nani Cruz5 years ago in Serve
The Invasion
Fleet Admiral David Jones, affectionately called Davy Jones by his men stood on the flight deck of his flagship, the Fleet Carrier DNS Gordon B. Hinckley, the pride of the Deseret Navy and peered through the early morning fog. He could see flashes and heard the muffled thump of artillery from the nearby DNS Idaho and DNS Utah, heavy cruisers sailing nearby. He could barely see them through the fog, despite their close proximity to him. He groaned and cursed the fog, "Blast this damn fog!" He muttered. He turned to see the Poseidon reconnaissance plane sitting on the catapult, waiting for permission to launch. His aide discreetly thrust a tablet towards him which the Admiral looked at, he grunted as the tablet showed positions of the invading force, "They are nearly at the beaches, God go with those boys." He said as the Poseidon took off with a whine and thump, he watched as the plane climbed before disappearing into the fog. The deck quickly came alive as crews began moving the F18 Super Hornets to the catapults for launch.
By RZ5 years ago in Serve
Naked Toddler vs the Cockroach
Maybe you want to start this article off by guessing who won this epic battle. Honestly, it's hard to say. But if you are wondering who the big loser was in the end...that was me! Definitely me!
By S. L. Harpel5 years ago in Serve
Cowboys hang on
"An old guy in a wheelchair just arrived and he said he's really hungry, wet and cold and he says he's glad that we're here," Jason announces as he walks through the kitchen in Pioneer Hall. I look out and see that he's all set up with a plate of food and so I go back to trying to finish washing the dishes.
By Vanessa Houk5 years ago in Serve