Notebook

Inside the right back pocket of my coveralls, the Navy’s working uniform, I carried a small, light-green notebook. This small

Honey Truck

The smell, a mix of dirty water and rotting human waste, permanently stained the walls of my brain. I didn’t

My Enlistment

I grew up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District, which is known for its

Memories

Just after a month of being downrange in Balad, Iraq, in 2006, where I was a Combat Flight Medic, I

Joining the Army

“That’s probably a good idea,” the judge said to me when I handed him the letter from the Army recruiter

Lost in Catania

Leaving Sigonella Airbase, Sicily, in my rented Fiat sub-compact I turned right on Strada Statale 192, toward Catania. As I

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