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• Curbside Gifts: A Pink Jeep and the Veteran Community August 5, 2026
  curbside gift: a physical object or an act of kindness that you give, often anonymously, without expecting anything in return I spent 27 years as an officer in the U.S. Army. Two of those years were spent in graduate school at Yale University, which ended up being one of the formative periods of my entire […]
  Charles Faint
• The Pentagon Is Taking Operator Syndrome Seriously August 5, 2026
  By Jennifer Byrne, OTD, and Kelli Cabrera, OTD, 5by5 Performance Therapy; Chris Frueh, PhD, University of Hawaii at Hilo; and Lyndsey Tuft, PhD, and Kayleigh Bealer, MS, A-G Associates Recently, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memo requiring testosterone screening for all active-duty and Reserve Component personnel age 30 and older as part of […]
  Special Guest
• Tin Burdens August 5, 2026
  It is hard for me to admit the truth. That the weight became too much. The obligation of trying to focus on so many names every day. How so many together was always there to catch and snag with almost every task. How they physically hurt those I love. Those loved ones who must also […]
  Jake Smith
• The VA’s Secret Staffing Plan Is Your Family August 4, 2026
  America has 14.3 million military and veteran caregivers. RAND estimates that their largely uncompensated labor produces between $119 billion and $485 billion in value every year. That’s quite a range. Somewhere between “major domestic industry” and “apparently the republic is being held together by relatives who haven’t finished a cup of coffee while it was […]
  Tammy Pondsmith
• The Politicization of Law Enforcement and the Cost to Society August 4, 2026
  By now, much of the nation has heard of Corey Ruiz and the shooting that took place in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 22. This has raised questions about the type of training police officers receive, police budgets and the overall police presence the public wants in Madison right now. It has caused debates among friends, […]
  Nader Gamez