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They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? Fallujah veterans say they’d be both terrified and proud if their kids sign up to serve
https://thewarhorse.org/iraq-war-marines-anxious-of-kids-joining-military/
Published: December 19, 2024 12:00
Marines who fought in the Second Battle of Fallujah are apprehensive of their kids joining the military.
The post They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? </br> <span class='secondary-title'>Fallujah…
Lessons from the Air Force Kitchen Police: Volunteer for Everything. Even Pots and Pans
https://thewarhorse.org/air-force-veteran-lessons-learned-during-basic-training/
Published: December 18, 2024 12:00
Air Force veteran talks about lessons he learned while volunteering to clean pots and pans in basic training alongside a recycled trainee.
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What Sexual Assault Survivors in the Military Say about the Next Four Years Pete Hegseth is Fighting Allegations of Sexual Misconduct and Heavy Drinking. Would His Leadership at the Pentagon Degrade the Military’s Treatment of Women?
https://thewarhorse.org/sexual-assault-survivors-on-military-future-under-trump/
Published: December 13, 2024 12:00
Sexual assault survivors, advocates consider military's future treatment of women under Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.
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Back Home from a Peacetime Deployment. Is That What War Is? Of Course Not.
https://thewarhorse.org/soldier-homecoming-after-deployment/
Published: December 11, 2024 12:30
Soldier ponders what “war” is after homecoming to Texas from a peacetime deployment to Tunisia.
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Inside the Military’s LGBTQ Witch Hunts Trump’s Return to the White House is Resurfacing Questions Over Who is Fit to Serve. Two Veterans—from Opposite Sides—Reveal the Lasting Harm of Our Discriminatory Past
https://thewarhorse.org/veterans-recall-lgbtq-witch-hunts/
Published: December 5, 2024 12:00
Two veterans reflect on the lasting harms of the military’s LGBTQ witch hunts as questions about who is fit to serve swirl with Trump’s return.
The post Inside the Military’s LGBTQ Witch Hunts</br> <span class='secondary-title'>Trump’s Return to the White…
The Berlin Wall Would Soon Tumble, Divided States Would Reunite. My Work Was Done.
https://thewarhorse.org/us-veteran-recalls-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-drawdown/
Published: December 4, 2024 12:30
During the Cold War in the 1980s, tanks and nuclear missiles crowded against the Iron Curtain needed a counterforce, the ground-launched cruise missile.
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My Army Service Required Embracing the Suck—and Squeezing in a Few Good Laughs
https://thewarhorse.org/army-paratrooper-notes-fun-times-serving/
Published: November 27, 2024 12:02
Tips from an Army paratrooper on how to get away with running on the command sergeant major’s grass and other fun moments from his time in the military.
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Shooting the War: A Marine Combat Photographer Remembers Fallujah
https://thewarhorse.org/marine-combat-photographer-fallujah-iraq/
Published: November 21, 2024 12:00
Combat photographer shares memories from his role chronicling Marines from Alpha Company 20 years after Operation Phantom Fury.
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Leg Irons, Memories of Service, and What Might Have Been Echo From Behind Bars
https://thewarhorse.org/air-force-veteran-reflects-military-service-prison/
Published: November 20, 2024 12:00
Incarcerated Air Force Vietnam veteran serving life sentence ponders his military service during a prison transfer to San Quentin.
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Twenty Years after Fallujah: ‘I Hope They See It As a Cautionary Tale’ The War Horse executive director and founder Thomas Brennan on the emotional journey behind his reporting on Operation Phantom Fury.
https://thewarhorse.org/war-horse-founder-fallujah-reporting-project/
Published: November 19, 2024 12:00
A Q&A with Thomas Brennan on the emotional journey behind his reporting on the 20th anniversary of his platoon's fight in the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War.
The post Twenty Years after Fallujah: ‘I Hope They See It As a Cautionary Tale’</br> <span…