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Tuesday’s Gone by Christopher Lyke
by Christopher Lyke When I was a kid the Challenger blew up on television. We were all sitting in the school library, watching man’s latest grasp for the heavens when something went wrong, an O-ring...
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The Forgotten Hero by Marsha Ortega
by Marsha Ortega This is the story of an American family at war and the son whose life, and then death, are haunted by the specter of PTSD. Part 1 This book is dedicated to my son, Brent. He had a...
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2 JAN 04 by F.S. Blake
by F.S. Blake 2 Jan There were loud explosions in a nearby distance So I grabbed some war things and opened a door Urgently swept into a tide of action and anger that dropped us into the back of a...
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The Forgotten Hero II by Marsha Ortega
by Marsha Ortega This is the story of an American family at war and the son whose life, and then death, are haunted by the specter of PTSD. Part II Brent and Bobby “In peace sons bury their fathers,...
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Chinese Rocket Santa
by Christopher Lyke They were never unpredictably cool. What I mean is, one could predict with astounding accuracy that the Taliban were going to be dicks. And when they wanted to visit violence upon a...
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The Forgotten Hero III by Marsha Ortega
by Marsha Ortega This is the story of an American family at war and the son whose life, and then death, are haunted by the specter of PTSD. Part III Gucci Man’s Best Friend It was September 2009....
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The Forgotten Hero IV by Marsha Ortega
by Marsha OrtegaThis is the story of an American family at war and the son whose life, and then death, are haunted by the specter of PTSD. Bama’s Story A Cry for Help He was born. He lived for 21 earth...
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Road Construction by Samuel Chamberlain
From LOA Spring ’15 Chris loosens his grip after knuckling the steering wheel for hours, hits the brake, and brings the truck to a stop behind a line of vehicles. His old Ford 150 burns rich and the...
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Disraeli Gears
by Christopher Lyke There were signs of the British wars in that part of the country. Still signs, as though time passed differently in Afghanistan. It was as if time hadn’t passed at all, not in any...
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Fire Breather
“Jake. Jake. Jake. Jake. Jake.” Jake wasn’t responding even though Odi was increasing in volume at a constant rate. Maybe Jake was just pretending to still be asleep because he already...
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Turret
by Mitch Hooper I’ve never been in the turret before. My thumbs rest on the butterfly triggers of the M240, metal still cool in the desert sun. Am I pushing too hard? The safety’s on anyway. Wait, is...
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Joseph Conrad: Hemingway of the War on Terror?
by Paul Tanghe When Chris and Matt conceived of Line of Advance, they sought to find the next Mailer or Hemingway. But perhaps a better antecedent writer for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan is Joseph...
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Col. Darron L. Wright Bio
Darron Lee Wright (22 May 1968 – 23 September 2013) was a highly decorated colonel in the United States Army. He served three tours in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Wright was born in Dallas...
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Jacob Faivre
Jake is the creator of, A Marine’s Life In Lyrics, a blog focused on healing and music. Jake grew up on a farm in Northern Illinois and enlisted in the Marine Corps in November 2005. He deployed...
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American Soap
by Chris Whitehead “So tell me a little bit about the soap industry.” Frank looks at me. “Scum Off?” he asks. “Tell me about Scum Off.” “All right, I’ll tell you about my experience with Scum Off.”...
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Left-hearted
by Michael Lund It was not until his 70th birthday that Jackson learned his IVC (inferior vena cava) was on his left side, not the right as it is for more than 99.5% of all people. “Oh, my gosh,” he...
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Cam Dupre
Cam Dupre is a Marine Infantryman who hails from Baton Rouge, LA. Cam joined the USMC in 2007 when he was 18 years old. During his 4 years he was assigned to 2/2 out of Camp Lejeune, NC and deployed...
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The Stay
David Dixon Where I grew up, I knew a lot of farmers. The oldest and most experienced of them seemed to have an amazing ability when it came to the weather. Their understanding of nature was so great...
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Travis Klempan
I enlisted in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. I originally wanted to go in as an interpreter, complete with a year of training in Monterey, California, but my minor and expunged criminal record...
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Anything Will Help
by Eric Chandler The white van showed up with a black driver. He was an older guy with close-cropped gray hair. He was friendly, got my bags into the back and hurried to the side door of the...
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