The Havok Journal | Military & Veteran News, Commentary, Culture

• The Veterans Who Don’t Feel Like Veterans November 4, 2026
  There is a question veterans ask one another that is almost never phrased directly: Did I do enough to count? It appears in quieter forms. Where did you deploy? What unit were you with? Were you outside the wire? Did you see combat? Beneath those questions is a private hierarchy of service, one that separates […]
  Charles Faint
• It was just like the Boy Scouts… November 4, 2026
  By an Anonymous USAF Brat “Mom, where does this go?” I was standing in the kitchen of our quarters at Langley AFB, Virginia, in October 1979. We had just PCS’d from Clark AFB to what would be Dad’s last assignment during my junior year of high school. Everything we had with us in the Philippines […]
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• When a Beagle Taught America How to Remember November 4, 2026
  By Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán The Peanuts gang are lounging together beneath the shade of a large tree, enjoying the crisp November air. Linus, clutching his ever-present blanket, reminds the group that it’s Veterans Day. Charlie Brown, frowning in thought, wonders aloud if there might be parades to mark the occasion. Peppermint Patty, her sandals tapping […]
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• I’m Not Sisyphus November 3, 2026
  As a student of psychology and philosophy, I’ve mused, pondered, debated and have written about Sisyphus, Greek hero to some, Greek tragedy to others. To summarize, Sis, as I like to call him, is sentenced to push a boulder up a hill every day for eternity and when he reaches the top of the hill, […]
  Shane Jernigan
• I Thought He Was the Perfect Man. Then I Discovered His Horrible Secret. November 3, 2026
  By a Woman Who Almost Made the Biggest Mistake of Her Life I met Michael three years ago, and from the moment he walked into my life, I knew there was something special about him. I had been through my share of bad relationships. Men who lied, cheated, drank too much, couldn’t hold a job, […]
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