There is something special about a military ceremony. All those Soldiers marching in formation. Eyes focused on the commander. Ears attentive to the bugle call. Shoes and brass glinting in......

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Formation runs. I conjure up sweat running down my back, a side ache, and the sound of somebody calling a cadence. Even today, on a trail run here in Colorado......

There is nothing quite like a homecoming ceremony. It doesn’t even have to be my own husband returning to make joy leak from my eyes and smear my mascara. After......

We all used to be or do something. No doubt you have heard it too. “Before I joined the Marine Corps, I …” “Before I married my military guy, I......

  Each of us who has served or is serving had to go through boot camp. My first-hand experience of going from civilian to military life happened in the summer......

My home of birth and record is Tennessee. A southern upbringing instilled the importance of courtesy. Personal factoid: I was voted, “Most Courteous” in high school. You need proof? When I......

  I laced up my boots and straightened my starched uniform every morning as I left for work before the sun rose above the horizon. I was a Soldier and......

I was thirty feet in the air on a three foot by three foot wooden platform with my toes hanging off the edge. Before me was a 500-foot-long cable that......

As the leaves begin to change into fiery reds and golden yellows, and the crisp mist of coming winter begins to chill our bodies, our hearts begin to seek warmth through......