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2014.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/t-r-cropped1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pinsky3.jpgPinsky3Robert Pinsky seems a little dismayed by my reappearance in his life.2025-09-14T13:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/05/20/no-thank-you-for-your-service-helen-benedicts-sand-queen/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sand-queen.jpgSand Queen2025-08-25T14:19:57+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/07/22/war-fact-or-fiction-brian-van-reet-on-the-kill-memoir/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0790.jpgIMG_0790Interrogating a detainee, Khowst Province, 2009.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0795.jpgIMG_0795ANA soldiers with a detainee.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/us-ana-pakmil.jpgUS-ANA-PAKMILHard soldiers, hard soldiering on the Afghanistan-Pakistan 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Be sure to enlarge to read the grafitti. https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_0213.jpgIMG_0213Me at the Royal Palace, Kabul, 2008.2024-12-22T19:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2024/11/23/veterans-day-speech-2024/2024-11-23T23:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2019/11/08/veterans-day-iraq-and-afghanistan-war-movie-guide/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/12-men.jpg12 MenA still from 2018's 12 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Limits2022-11-11T16:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2022/11/05/on-reading-grants-memoirs/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fullsizeoutput_1435.jpegfullsizeoutput_1435An interesting passage on General Braxton Bragg, whom Grant defeated at Chattanooga.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fullsizeoutput_1434.jpegfullsizeoutput_1434An interesting passage about Confederate General Braxton Bragg, whom Grant defeated at Chattanooga. 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Bullet2019-10-18T23:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2019/09/07/long-wars-short-stories/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/afghanistan-108.jpgAfghanistan 1082019-09-12T14:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2019/08/18/war-poetry-brock-jones-cenotaph/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cenotaph.jpgCenotaph2019-08-20T21:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2019/08/11/roy-scranton-interview-for-wrath-bearing-tree/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/total-mobilization.jpgTotal Mobilization2019-08-13T14:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2018/10/02/toni-morrisons-home-a-different-war-story/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/wla-poster-e1538529774723.jpgWLA Poster2019-08-09T21:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/07/10/war-songs-khost-afghanistan-in-the-western-musical-imagination/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide1-copy-21.jpgSlide1 copy 2Map of 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Crossing2017-04-03T23:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2017/02/02/onward-to-dc-war-writing-at-awp17/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_1637.jpgimg_1637https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1650.jpgimg_1650https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1654.jpgimg_1654https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1646.jpgimg_1646https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_16431.jpgimg_1643https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1643.jpgimg_1643https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1631.jpgimg_1631https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1628.jpgimg_1628https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1640.jpgimg_1640https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1635.jpgimg_16352017-02-04T02:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2017/01/26/the-road-ahead-obama-to-trump/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/memorial.jpegWar MemorialIraq War Memorial, Raritan Bay Waterfront Park, NJhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/the-road-ahead.jpgthe-road-ahead2017-01-27T01:47:11+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/01/05/the-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars-in-fiction-poetry-memoir-film-and-photography-a-compendium/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/140312-018.jpg140312--018Intermediate Staging Base Headquarters, Alexandria/Fort Polk, LA. Photo by Bill Putnam, used by permission.2017-01-13T20:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/12/21/war-lit-2014-here-here-but-whats-the-there-there/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/turner-at-wp2.jpgTurner at WP2Brian Turner at Custer's grave, West Point, New York.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0071-2.jpgIMG_0071-2Phil Klay and Hassan Blasim2017-01-13T20:40:50+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/12/07/2015-an-updated-war-literature-and-art-compendium/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/putnam-leaf.jpegPutnam LeafSoldier with mine detector, Iraq, 2005, by Bill Putnam. 2017-01-13T20:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/12/16/2016/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/putnam.jpgputnamPhoto by Bill Putnam, used by permission.2017-01-13T20:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2017/01/01/are-veterans-violent-time-now-fiction/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/picasso-palette-candlestick-and-head-of-minotaur.jpgpicasso-palette-candlestick-and-head-of-minotaurPablo Picasso, "Palette, Candlestick, and Head of Minotaur"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/de-chirico-ariadne.jpgde-chirico-ariadneGiorgio de Chirico, "Ariadne on Naxos"2020-04-21T15:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/12/23/studying-veterans/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/veterans.jpgveteransWhere now?2017-01-01T13:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/12/08/war-poetry-hugh-martins-the-stick-soldiers/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/the-stick-soldiers.jpgthe-stick-soldiers2016-12-08T21:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/11/27/mary-m-l-doyle-not-the-same-old-same-old-war-stories/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-peacekeepers-photograph.jpgthe-peacekeepers-photograph2016-11-28T13:37:16+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/03/28/terps-afghan-and-iraqi-interpreters-in-war-memoir-and-fiction/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-wrong-war.jpgThe Wrong Warhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/outlaw-platoon-e1396051248276.jpgoutlaw-platoon2016-11-25T12:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/11/20/veterans-war-writing-anthologies-r-us/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/mcneill_corregidorwaiting.jpgmcneill_corregidorwaiting"Corregidor in Wait, by Rachel McNeill, from After Action Review (2011). Used with permission. 2016-11-24T20:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/04/24/pictures-from-the-war-lit-front/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awpx.jpegAWPxRon Capps, me, Kayla Williams, Maurice Decaul, Colby Buzzellhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/war-writers-awp16-2.jpgWar Writers AWP16 2https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/war-memoir2.jpgWar MemoirAdrian Bonenberger, Angie Ricketts, Kayla Williams, Brian Castnerhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-women2.jpegAWP Women2Lauren Halloran, Mary Doyle, Jerri Bell, Vicki Hudson, Mariette Kalinowskihttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-new-directions4.jpgAWP New DirectionsJesse Goolsby, Andria Williams, me, Matt Gallagherhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-iraq4.jpgAWP IraqRon Capps, me, Kayla Williams, Maurice Decaul, Colby Buzzell2016-11-24T20:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/10/31/canon-wars-20th-and-21st-century-war-fiction-authored-by-veterans/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/pham-scranton-kambury-molin.jpgpham-scranton-kambury-molinhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1067.jpgimg_1067https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ttrl.jpgttrl2016-11-24T00:35:07+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/07/03/lbgt-mia-in-war-lit-no-more-scott-d-pomfrets-you-are-the-one/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/you.jpgYou2016-11-21T12:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/05/26/unhappy-memorial-day-kevin-powers-letter-composed-during-a-lull-in-the-fighting/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/baltimore-cemetery3.jpg???????????????????????????????Veterans' tombstones, Towson, Maryland.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/powers-letter.jpgPowers Letter2016-09-20T15:49:20+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/09/04/time-now-fiction-junior-and-io-a-guard-tower-reverie/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0354.jpgThe view from a Camp Clark, Afghanistan guard tower.2016-09-05T15:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/08/29/contemporary-war-fiction-bangers-all-killer-no-filler/2016-08-30T18:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/08/21/the-dirty-south-odie-lindseys-we-come-to-our-senses/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/od-lindsey.jpgOD Lindsey2016-08-22T20:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/08/14/war-writing-the-raw-and-the-cooked/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/khowst-tree.jpgKhowst-TreeKhost Province, Afghanistan. USAF Photograph2016-08-16T10:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/08/03/right-on-time-five-years-later-roy-scrantons-war-porn/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/war-porn.jpgWar Porn2016-08-11T02:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/07/28/the-war-writing-rhetorical-triangle/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide51.jpgSlide5https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide41.jpgSlide4https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide61.jpgSlide6https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide31.jpgSlide3https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide6.jpgSlide6https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide5.jpgSlide5https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide4.jpgSlide4https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide3.jpgSlide3https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide2.jpgSlide2https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slide11.jpgSlide12016-08-01T15:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/06/22/special-operations-old-and-new-lea-carpenters-eleven-days/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eleven-days.jpgEleven Days2016-07-07T18:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/06/27/graphic-novel-maximilian-uriartes-the-white-donkey/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/white-donkey-form.jpgWhite Donkey Formhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the-white-donkey-3.jpgThe White Donkey 3https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/white-donkey-heads.jpegWhite Donkey Headshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/white-donkey-sarge.jpegWhite Donkey Sargehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/white-donkey-humvee.jpegWhite Donkey Humveehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/white-donkey-1-e1541731834667.jpgWhite Donkey 12016-06-28T00:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/06/04/here-there-and-everywhere-war-writing-notes-from-all-over/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/poetic-license.jpegPoetic Licensehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/vwpbannerlc1.pngvwpbannerlc1https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poetic-theater-1.jpegPoetic Theater 1Me and my name in lights!https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poetic-theater-2.jpegPoetic Theater 2Jenny Pacanowski and Everett Casehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/klay.jpegKlayhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mwg1.pngMWG2016-06-24T02:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/05/19/elizabeth-marrows-casualties-whats-a-mother-to-do/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/casualties.jpegCasualties2016-06-24T02:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/06/15/war-writing-longform-thinking-outside-the-wire/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chavez-2.jpegChavez 2USAFA photo by TSgt Evelyn Chavezhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/chavez-3.jpegChavez 3USAFA Photo by TSgt Evelyn Chavez (in 2009, TSGt Chavez and I served together on FOB Lightning, Afghanistan)https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/635665913171337889-bagram-2.jpg635665913171337889-Bagram-2USAFA photo by SSgt Evelyn Chavez.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mc-130w-combat-spear-001-preview.jpgMC-130W-Combat-Spear-001.previewPhoto by USAFA Staff Sergeant Evelyn Chavez.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/150805-f-pb969-083.jpg31st Security Forces Squadron trainingPhoto by USAFA Staff Sergeant Evelyn Chavez, with whom I served on FOB Lightning, Afghanistan, 2009.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/12-may-2009-15-copy.jpgUS Army, US Air Force, British Army, and Afghan interpreters and civilians assisting a casualty, Khost, Afghanistan, 2009.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_07371.jpgIMG_0737US and Afghan Soldiers on Patrol in the Khost-Gardez Pass, 2009.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_0737.jpgIMG_0737US and Afghan Soldiers on Patrol in the Khost-Gardez Pass2016-06-17T11:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/06/01/war-poetry-colin-d-hallorans-shortly-thereafter/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shortly-thereafter.jpegShortly Thereafter2016-05-20T17:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/05/02/on-wisconsin-matthew-j-heftis-a-hard-and-heavy-thing/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a-hard-and-heavy-thing.jpgA Hard and Heavy Thing2016-05-06T16:31:36+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/04/12/awp-la-aar-association-of-writers-and-writing-program-los-angeles-after-action-review/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-new-directions3.jpgAWP New DirectionsJesse Goolsby, Andria Williams, Peter Molin, Matt Gallagherhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-iraq3.jpgAWP IraqRon Capps, me, Kayla Williams, Maurice Decaul, Colby Buzzellhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-iraq2.jpgAWP Iraqhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-new-directions2.jpgAWP New DirectionsJesse Goolsby, Andria Williams, me, Matt Gallagher.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-iraq1.jpgAWP IraqRon Capps, me, Kayla Williams, Maurice Decaul, Colby Buzzell.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/war-memoir1.jpgWar MemoirAdrian Bonenberger, Angie Ricketts, Kayla Williams, Brian Castner.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/phil-metres.jpegPhil MetresPhil Metreshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/castner-and-klay.jpegCastner and KlayBrian Castner and Phil Klay at AWP16 in Los Angeleshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/war-memoir.jpgWar Memoirhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/awp-new-directions1.jpgAWP New Directions2016-04-20T16:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/03/26/awp16-war-writing-preview/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/awp16home.pngAWP16homehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/8735_733156266919_11804111_41374066_6455724_n.jpg8735_733156266919_11804111_41374066_6455724_nLet's get this party started. Fire mission, Camp Clark, Afghanistan, 2009.2016-03-30T15:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/03/04/war-dance-costa-compagnies-after-afghanistan/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/costa-compagnie.jpgCosta Compagnie2016-03-18T19:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/03/12/sinan-antoons-the-corpse-washer/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-corpse-washer-2.jpgThe Corpse Washer 2https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/the-corpse-washer.jpgThe Corpse Washer2016-03-14T00:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/02/07/christopher-robinson-and-gavin-kovites-war-of-the-encyclopaedists/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/war-of-the.pngWar of the2016-02-09T02:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/01/23/war-writing-anxiety-of-influence-bobbie-ann-mason-and-tim-obrien/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/battle-cry-2.jpegBattle Cry 2The back cover verbiage offers a fair assessment of what war writers and war writing marketeers thought was important in 1953: men and manliness.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/battle-cry-1.jpegBattle Cry 1Leon Uris's Battle Cry was a best-seller in 1953. In 1955, it was made into a movie that I loved as a kid.2016-01-25T12:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/01/17/contemporary-literature-of-the-forever-wars-mla-2016/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/austin-mla-2016.pngAustin-MLA-2016https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/scranton-mla.jpegScranton MLALeft to right: Roy Scranton, AB Huber, Patrick Deer, Stacey Peebles, me. https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1765.jpgIMG_1765Brian Van Reet, Austin, Texas, January 2016.2016-01-19T23:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2016/01/11/the-military-spouses-book-reviewed-andria-williams-the-longest-night/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-longest-night.jpgThe Longest Night2016-01-13T23:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/12/20/randy-browns-welcome-to-fob-haiku/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fob-haiku.jpgFOB Haiku2015-12-20T22:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/12/13/the-war-on-drugs-brandon-caros-old-silk-road/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/old-silk-road.jpgOld Silk Road2015-12-17T17:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/11/26/is-war-academic-contemporary-war-literature-scholarship/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/afghanistan-085.jpgAfghanistan 085Khost Province, Afghanistan, 20092015-11-27T22:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/11/17/vets-not-rising-atticus-lishs-preparation-for-the-next-life/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/prep-for-the-next-life.jpgPrep for the Next Life2015-12-06T22:53:37+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/11/03/roy-scrantons-learning-to-die-in-the-anthropocene/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/scranton.jpegScrantonhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/learning-to-die.jpgLearning to Die2015-11-17T20:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/10/24/theater-of-war-battle-of-words/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/theater-of-war.jpgTheater of Warhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/va-hospital.jpegVA HospitalThis week I made my first visit to a VA hospital, this one located in East Orange, NJ. All initial impressions are positive, I'm glad to say.2015-10-28T19:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/10/17/a-contemporary-war-short-fiction-listicle/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fire-and-forget.jpgFire and ForgetThe 2013 Fire and Forget anthology of short war fiction featured a who's-who of established and soon-to-be-prominent war writing authors.2016-06-23T21:17:38+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/09/28/war-writers-and-war-readers-more-on-john-renehans-the-valley/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/afghanistan-038.jpgAfghanistan 038My advisor team, prior to deployment to Afghanistan. Fort Riley, KS, 20082015-09-29T12:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/09/22/war-crime-john-renehans-the-valley/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/valley.jpgValley2015-09-23T12:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/07/29/james-river-blues-kevin-powers-the-yellow-birds/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/south-richmond-richmond-va.jpgSouth Richmond (Richmond, VA)Frank Hobbs, "South Richmond (Richmond, VA)"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/condominium-construction-on-the-james-riverfront-richmond-va.jpgCondominium Construction on the James Riverfront, Richmond, VAFrank Hobbs, "Condominium Construction on the James Riverfront, Richmond, VA"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/winter-transitions-meadow-lane-farm-bath-county-va.jpgWinter Transitions, Meadow Lane Farm (Bath County, VA)Frank Hobbs, "Winter Transitions, Meadow Lane Farm (Bath County, VA)"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/the-yellow-birds-cover.jpgThe Yellow Birds Coverhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rain-clouds-over-the-mountain.jpgRain Clouds over the Mountainhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/94.jpg94Frank Hobbs, "Bridge Shadow, Richmond, VA"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/174.jpg174Frank Hobbs, "Sycamores and Green Bridge, Richmond, VA"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1741.jpg174(1)Frank Hobbs, "Sycamores and Green Bridge, Richmond"2015-09-13T21:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/08/31/war-film-green-zone/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/green-zone.jpgGreen Zone2015-09-01T20:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/08/21/2011-the-year-contemporary-war-fiction-became-a-thing/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wla-poster.jpgWLA-Poster2015-08-23T18:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/08/04/so-many-expectations-fort-bliss/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fort-bliss.jpgFort Bliss2015-08-09T12:47:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/07/28/a-war-writer-portrait-gallery/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/willitts-hamilton-klay-n-c.jpgBrandon Willitts, Masha Hamilton, Phil Klay, and Maxwell Neely-CohenBrandon Willitts, Masha Hamilton, Phil Klay, and Maxwell Neely-Cohenhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fallon-turner-busch.jpgFallon, Turner, BuschSiobhan Fallon Brian Turner, and Benjamin Buschhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/turner-busch-and-anderson.jpgTurner, Busch, and AndersonBrian Turner, Benjamin Busch, and Major Tom Anderson, US Armyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/turner-and-busch.jpgTurner and BuschBrian Turner and Benjamin Buschhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/turner-busch-fallon-and-exit-12.jpgTurner, Busch, Fallon and Exit 12Brian Turner, Benjamin Busch, Siobhan Fallon, and Exit 12https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/old-stone-house.jpgOld Stone HouseA whole bunch of ushttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/turner-rives-at-page-meets-stage.jpgTurner-Rives at Page Meets StageBrian Turner, Matt Gallagher, the performance poet Rives, and a few othershttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/gallagher-willitts-fallon-kalinowski.jpgGallagher, Willitts, Fallon, KalinowskiMatt Gallagher, Siobhan Fallon, Brandon Willitts, and Mariette Kalinowskihttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bonenburger2.jpgBonenburger2Adrian Bonenberger, Roxana Robinson, David Abrams, and Matt Gallagherhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/baca-fallon-turner-busch.jpgBaca, Fallon, Turner, BuschRoman Baca, Siobhan Fallon, Brian Turner, and Benjamin Busch2015-07-29T12:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/07/19/contemporary-war-fiction-is-the-best-yet-to-come/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/op1-005.jpgOP1 005Camps Parsa and Clark, Khost Province, Afghanistanhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/op1-004.jpgOP1 004Camp Parsa and Camp Clark, Khost Province, Afghanistan2015-07-21T15:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/07/12/those-lazy-hazy-days-of-war-writing-summer/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-long-walk-opera.jpgThe Long Walk Operahttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/the-long-walk.jpgThe Long Walk2015-07-12T21:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/06/11/been-there-done-that-contemporary-war-writing-stock-scenes/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/camp-clark-dfac-rocket-hit.jpgCamp Clark DFAC Rocket HitThe Camp Clark, Afghanistan dining facility after being hit by a 107mm rockethttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/afghanistan-013.jpgAfghanistan 013https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/afghanistan-005.jpgAfghanistan 0052015-06-27T10:23:41+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/08/02/womens-war-fiction-katey-schultzs-flashes-of-war/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flashes-of-war.jpgFlashes of War2015-06-19T13:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/06/05/masha-hamiltons-what-changes-everything/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hamilton.jpgHamilton2015-06-05T16:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/05/27/a-golden-age-of-war-writing-a-critical-companion-to-contemporary-war-lit/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/afghanistan-008.jpgAfghanistan 008The Morale, Welfare, and Recreation bookshelf, Camp Clark, Afghanistanhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/afghanistan-109.jpgAfghanistan 1092015-05-28T16:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/05/25/memorial-day-2015/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1744.jpgIMG_1744https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kosovo-pat-and-dave.jpg200204_010_010_SCNPhotograph by Bill Putnam2015-05-26T17:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/05/17/iraq-and-afghan-women-in-war-and-war-fiction/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/camp-clark-clinic2.jpgCamp Clark Clinic2A girl at the Camp Clark clinic, 2009. Picture by an International Security Force and Assistance Force photographer.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0712.jpgIMG_0712An ANA brigade commander, the governor of Khost, and the Khost police chief with a young girl in a downtown Khost ice cream shop.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0290.jpgIMG_0290Boys and girls at play in Afghanistan.2015-05-18T14:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/05/06/the-afghan-womens-writing-project/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/kabul.jpgKabulA photo of a Kabul bridge, by Roya, from the AWWP website.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/washing-the-dust.jpgWashing the Dust2015-05-07T21:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/04/23/the-long-war-forever-jesse-goolsbys-id-walk-with-my-friends-if-i-could-find-them/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jg-id-walk.jpgJG I'd Walk2015-05-11T14:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/04/18/minnesota-turn-and-burn-war-writing-at-awp15/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mississippi.jpegMississippiWalking across the Mississippi River to the downtown Minneapolis Convention Centerhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/awp2.jpegAWP2Brian Turner, Katey Schultz, Siohban Fallon, Benjamin Busch, Phil Klayhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/awp-group-photo.jpgAWP Group PhotoToo many war writers to name!https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/awp3.jpgAWP3Ron Capps, Kayla Williams, Colin Halloran, me.2015-04-18T13:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/04/12/the-ever-changing-war-lit-scene/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/petescandystore.jpgpetescandystorehttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/petes-group-pictures.jpegPete's Group PicturesMe, Erin Hadlock, Sean Case, Matt Gallagher.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/on-stage-at-petes.jpegOn Stage at Pete'shttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/petes-readers.jpgPete's ReadersBrandon Willitts, Matt Gallagher, me, Teresa Fazio, and Paul Wolfe2015-04-14T23:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/04/04/comp-lit-comicon-and-contemporary-iraqi-war-fiction/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/comic-con.jpegComic ConFellow ACLA attendee and US Army major and Iraq veteran Deborah Dailey and me at Emerald City ComicCon, 2015.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/war-and-occupation.jpgWar and Occupationhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dmz.jpgDMZhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hellblazer.jpgHellblazerhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/event-tickets-for-sale-7970403216936313621.jpgEvent-Tickets-for-sale--79704032169363136212015-04-09T10:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/04/03/sailing-the-4cs-veteran-literary-organizations-and-the-composition-classroom/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/jk-house.jpgJK HouseOn the way to Tampa, I stopped at the house in Orlando, where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums in 1957. Brian Turner lived here, too, for a while, and now lives around the corner.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brandon-willitts.jpegBrandon WillittsBrandon Willitts 2015-04-04T02:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/03/25/time-now-live-and-coming-to-a-town-near-you/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/afghanistan-085.jpgAfghanistan 085An abandoned fortress near Spera Combat Outpost, Khost province, Afghanistan.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/spera-pictures-002.jpgSpera Pictures 002Spera Combat Outpost, a combined US-Afghanistan outpost on the Pakistan border.2015-03-26T10:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/03/01/how-we-were-maurice-decauls-stage-vision-of-2003/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/between-the-tigris3.jpgBetween the Tigris3Dijla Wal Furat: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates photo by Bjorn Bolinder.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/decaul-and-mallory.jpegDecaul and MalloryDijla Wal Furat: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates writer Maurice Decaul and director Alex Mallory on opening night.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/between-the-tirgris1.jpgBetween the Tirgris12015-03-03T00:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/02/14/never-trust-an-officer-over-30-elizabeth-samets-no-mans-land/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/no-mans-land-cover-500x750.jpgNo-Mans-Land-cover-500x7502015-02-15T21:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/02/07/where-have-all-the-war-songs-gone/2015-02-12T02:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/02/01/roy-scranton-phil-klay-and-the-american-trauma-hero/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bill-putnam1.jpgBill Putnam1Is war lit all about the angst of young white males? Photo of a helicopter crewman by Bill Putnam.2015-02-02T11:58:52+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2015/01/16/dont-kill-the-messenger-oren-movermans-ode-to-casualty-notification-officers/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the-messenger.jpgThe Messenger2015-01-18T12:41:36+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/12/07/tim-obriens-story-truth-and-happening-truth-in-the-contemporary-war-novel/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/thingstheycarried.jpgthingstheycarried2015-02-21T02:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/12/27/war-lit-2014-where-its-been-where-its-going/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/afghanistan-072.jpgAfghanistan 072A US Army advisor team, Afghanistan, 2008.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/afghanistan-049.jpgAfghanistan 049Darul Aman Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan, as seen from a US Army compound.2014-12-27T19:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/11/30/iraq-by-the-numbers-on-the-roads-with-michael-pitres-fives-and-twenty-fives/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pitre.jpgPitre2014-12-12T12:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/11/23/the-great-war-and-modern-memory-paul-fussell-reconsidered/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/the-great-war-and-modern-memory.jpegThe Great War and Modern Memory2014-11-24T13:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/11/16/brooklyn-the-war-lit-capital-of-the-21st-century/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kilmer_soldier_irf45.jpgkilmer_soldier_irf45Joyce Kilmerhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wallacestevens7.jpgWallaceStevens7Wallace Stevenshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/walter-benjamin-ceasefire-magazine-state.jpgWalter-Benjamin-Ceasefire-Magazine-StateWalter Benjamin, war author? Benjamin, a Jew, died under mysterious circumstances trying to flee Nazi Germany.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/old-stone-house.jpgOld Stone HouseLeft to right: Nate Bethea, Eric Nelson, Adrian Bonenberger, Brandon Willits, Mariette Kalinowski, Vic Zlatonovic, Lisbeth Prifogle, me, Jacob Sotak2014-11-19T14:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/06/22/war-music/2014-11-11T00:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/10/19/tomorrow-the-war-will-have-a-picnic-global-perspectives-on-the-global-war-on-terrorism/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/you-are-dead.jpgyou-are-deadhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-blind-mans-garden.jpegThe Blind Man's Gardenhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/arts_books2-1_49.jpgarts_books2-1_492014-10-20T12:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/10/15/congratulations-phil-klay/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/klay-at-south-gate.jpgKlay at South GatePhil Klay outside Siobhan Fallon's father's bar, the South Gate Tavern, Highland Falls, New York. https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/phil-klay.jpgPhil KlayPhil Klay reading at West Point, spring 20142014-10-15T21:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/10/11/october-in-the-railroad-war-lit-earth/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/kerouac-navy-picture.pngKerouac Navy PictureJack Kerouac's Navy enlistment photo, 1942.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/us-ana-pakmil.jpgUS-ANA-PAKMILAmerican advisors with ANA and Pakistan army soldiers on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0174.jpgIMG_0174Fort Riley, Kansas, October 2008https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/abu_company_rakkasans_afghanistan_patrol_3.jpgAbu_Company_Rakkasans_Afghanistan_Patrol_3Abu_Company_Rakkasans_Afghanistan_Patrol3 by Bill Putnam2014-10-13T11:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/09/28/war-memoirpoetry-amalie-flynns-wife-and-war/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wife-and-war.jpgWife and War2014-10-02T10:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/09/15/requiem-for-sergeant-t-brian-turners-my-life-as-a-foreign-country/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/my-life.jpgMy Life2014-09-16T11:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/09/01/war-photography-ed-drews-wild-blue-yonder/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/drew-squad.jpgDrew Squadhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ed-drew3.jpgEd Drew3Ed Drewhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ed-drew.jpgEd Drew2014-09-04T14:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/08/31/run-silent-run-deep-greg-baxters-the-apartment/2014-09-15T00:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/08/10/whos-catching-who-coming-through-the-rye-cara-hoffmans-be-safe-i-love-you/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/be-safe-i-love-you.jpgBe Safe I Love You2014-09-26T12:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/08/17/life-during-wartime-hilary-plums-they-dragged-them-through-the-streets/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/they-dragged-them-through-the-streets.jpgThey Dragged Them Through the Streetshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/merci-facebook.jpgMerci FacebookArab Spring graffiti from Tunisia, 2011. 2014-08-20T22:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/07/27/something-wicked-this-way-comes-the-future-of-war-literature/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_0211.jpgIMG_02112014-08-03T23:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/07/15/a-good-blog-is-hard-to-find-war-lit-on-the-web/2014-07-17T21:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/07/01/words-after-war-the-nyc-war-lit-machine-slash-scene/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/words-after-war.jpegWords After WarLeft to right, Brandon Willetts, Masha Hamilton, Phil Klay, and Maxwell Neely-Cohenhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/america-after-9-11-flyer-806x1024.jpgAMERICA-AFTER-9-11-flyer-806x10242014-07-08T01:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/06/25/more-on-stacey-peebles-welcome-to-the-suck/2014-06-25T15:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/06/17/the-civil-military-divide-going-after-bergdahl/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/afghanistan-081.jpgAfghanistan 081Paktika in the distance, picture taken from Spera Combat Outpost, Khost Province, 2009.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cacciato.jpgCacciatohttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peebles.jpgPeebles2014-08-03T18:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/05/11/happy-mothers-day-war-literature/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ann-byrd-molin-1958.jpgAnn Byrd Molin 1958My mother, Ann Castle Boswell, 1958, Athens, Ohio, the year I was born.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ann-boswell-1958.jpgAnn Boswell 1958My mother, Ann Castle Molin, a few months after I was born in 1958.2014-05-20T23:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/05/04/war-memoir-adrian-bonenbergers-afghan-post/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_0577.jpgIMG_0577Left to right, Adrian Bonenberger, me, Roxana Robinson, Matt Gallagher, David Abramshttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/afghan-post.pngAfghan Post2014-05-08T12:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/04/26/war-stories-reading-and-writing-the-iraq-and-afghanistan-wars/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo.jpgphotoAt Wesleyan, with, left to right, Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya, Roy Scranton, me, Richard Slotkin, our host William Pinch of Wesleyan's History Departmenthttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/war-stories.jpgWar-Stories2014-04-28T11:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/04/21/war-of-words/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photojournalists-on-war-michael-kamber-cover-hr.jpgphotojournalists-on-war-michael-kamber-cover-hrhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/klay-blasim.jpgKlay Blasim2014-04-22T11:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/04/12/war-film-gi-film-festival/2014-04-13T14:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/04/10/graffiti-of-war-art-from-the-fob-from-the-heart/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1323.jpgIMG_1323https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1410.jpgIMG_1410https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1363.jpgIMG_1363https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1338.jpgIMG_1338https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1389.jpgIMG_1389https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1388.jpgIMG_1388https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1325.jpgIMG_1325https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1333.jpgIMG_1333https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1342.jpgIMG_1342https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_1358.jpgIMG_13582014-04-14T00:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/04/06/death-in-tani-rip-photojournalist-anja-niedringhaus/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0765.jpgIMG_0765https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05afghanistan-anja-ss-slide-6mcj-superjumbo.jpg05afghanistan-anja-ss-slide-6MCJ-superJumboAnja Niedringhaus, An Afghan Boy with German troops, near Kunduz, September 20092014-04-07T13:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2014/02/09/war-film-lone-survivor/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lone_survivor.jpglone_survivor2014-03-24T19:49:23+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/12/22/all-along-the-afghan-watchtower-joydeep-roy-bhattacharyas-the-watch/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/putnam-afghanistan5.jpgPutnam Afghanistan5Afghan elders. Picture by Bill Putnam, used by permission.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/putnam-afghanistan4.jpgPutnam Afghanistan4American soldiers in Afghanistan. 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Fortunately no one was inside at the time and no one was hurt.2013-10-30T22:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/10/27/bill-putnams-sleepers-ii/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bill-putnam6.jpgBill Putnam6Anyone who has deployed will recognize this scene: sleeping in transient barracks enroute to or from Iraq or Afghanistan.2013-10-30T22:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/09/29/veterans-writing/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bill-putnam7.jpgBill Putnam7Courtesy of Bill Putnam. Used by permission.2013-10-30T22:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/09/08/the-aesthetics-of-traumatic-injury/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/060627_bushsoldier_hmed_4p-grid-6x2.jpg060627_bushSoldier_hmed_4p.grid-6x2https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/berman-marine-wedding-day.jpgBerman-Marine Wedding DayPhotographer: Nina Bermanhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dawn-halfaker-timothy-greenfield-sanders.jpgdawn-halfaker-timothy-greenfield-sandersPhotographer: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders2013-09-14T01:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/08/08/in-the-rear-with-the-gear-david-abrams-fobbit/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0097.jpgIMG_0097https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bob-on-the-fob.jpgBob on the FOBhttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fobbit-cover.jpgFobbit Cover2013-08-10T01:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://acolytesofwar.com/2013/07/17/war-art-michael-figueroa/https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/6jbbx4ff0ogern0vgobbphqxw5vvim2dkvfhzie8728.jpg6jBbx4FF0ogerN0VgOBBPhQxw5vvIM2DKvFHZiE8728"Duty Honor Country"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ombiunq4kwh6qaap6rneooaivbkwqbas2dwo1stv57c.jpgOMBiunq4KwH6qAAP6rnEooAIvbkWqBaS2Dwo1STv57c"Son of Sam"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nwadfxn3assajhnerlqvmmoimf-k6ck8a5anf2wibcm.jpgnWaDfXN3aSSaJhneRLqvmMoImF-k6ck8A5anF2WIBCM"MERIT for heart"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aec6erj9vwivx1bwtkwa6quaqog05ou8zeh-phwmapw.jpgaEc6ErJ9VWIVx1BwTKwA6QuAqoG05OU8zEH-pHwmaPw"The First Team"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/advq43kflgx27norxpz12hmxc3sp-hhksyfb4u-tqtc1.jpgAdVQ43kflgX27noRXPz12Hmxc3sP-hHKSYFB4U-Tqtc"No Slack"https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/advq43kflgx27norxpz12hmxc3sp-hhksyfb4u-tqtc.jpgAdVQ43kflgX27noRXPz12Hmxc3sP-hHKSYFB4U-Tqtc"No Slack" by Michael Figueroahttps://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mf-sos.jpgMF-SOS"Son of Sam." The title refers to famous and historic pictures of Uncle Sam, but also brings to mind the 1970s mass murderer David Berkowitz. Berkowitz, as it turns out, served in the same Army unit in Korea as I did, about a decade before I arrived.https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mf-merit-of-heart1.jpgMF-MERIT of heart"MERIT of heart." Figueroa was attracted by the inscription on the back of the Purple Heart, which reads, "For Military Merit."https://acolytesofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mf-1st-cavalry.jpgMF-1st Cavalry"The First Team." 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