October 2011
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Oct 31st
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American Insurgent
“We could talk forever about the repercussions of me coming home, but it really made me feel like nobody’s telling anyone the truth—and not just in regards to war.” By Andrew Cox In the middle of war, Neal Saunders made a rap album called Live From Iraq. He made the album with fellow soldiers naming the group 4th25, pronounced fourth quarter, in reference to the possibility of it being the...
Oct 14th
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Homecoming
“The burdens on military families currently are unfair, unrealistic, and too often shattering.” [[MORE]] By Andrew Cox Matt Gallagher joined the U.S. Army in 2005, commissioned as a second lieutenant in a cavalry scout platoon in the 25th Infantry Division. He deployed to Iraq for fifteen months in 2007 with a Stryker platoon as part of the “Surge” force and as the war strategy was...
Oct 11th
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