The Havok Journal

• Gratitude December 2, 2024
  Gratitude does not dependOn circumstances or wealthIt’s a place in your heartDeep inside SacredSet apartWells of spiritual watersThat bubble and churn all the time Living Waters…He saidReflections of faithPouring mercy and goodness to all Tired? Exhausted? Worried today?Do not go by what you see Like searching for treasuresOn beaches in timeConnect with the pure grateful […]
  Diana Nickell
• For Absent Friends December 2, 2024
  I must confess an uncomfortable common truth. One we refrain and refuse to refute. Written as a whisper, quiet words we shan’t dispute. We, war fighters, who built the frame to sleep so tight, we all died in that strife, our eyes see no light. The slow Reaper trot, fuels my desire to etch stories […]
  Scott "Longboard" Chapman
• Confidence is Everything December 2, 2024
  Confidence is everything. Back about 10 years ago I got a call to set up an audition time for a movie. It was kind of surprising because it wasn’t my agent, or even my agency. It was an agent who’d seen me in a few shows over the years and knew I was very good […]
  Michael Bama Katt
• Where Beauty is Found in War December 1, 2024
  I’m behind a tree no bigger around than my fist with branches breaking and dirt flying. In a fleeting moment I hardly ever share, a grin spreads across my face. At 18, this was the moment I had worked so hard for. I found myself staring at the face of death, yet I was calm, collected, […]
  Jake Smith
• When “Humanitarian” Projects Aren’t December 1, 2024
  Engineers, especially civil engineers, build things. It’s what we do, and we consider each project, large or small, “our” project. Being a civil engineer in the Army engineer branch was especially rewarding. We played with bridge sets, construction equipment, and building parts. Army combat engineering also meant building structures for war: runways, fighting positions for […]
  David Hartmann