John Ismay, a former Navy explosive ordnance disposal officer, found chemical weapons in Iraq his first week.
Organizations like the Posse Foundation are trying to bring more veterans to the nation’s elite four-year colleges and universities.
When Teresa Fazio’s brother Mike followed her into the military, the Marine in her was impressed. The sister in her was terrified.
A soldier takes time out of uniform to pursue an M.F.A. in writing, and discovers that what sets him apart, as a veteran at the keyboard, is not as important as the common ground he shares with other writers.
At Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, a surgeon at Craig Joint Theater Hospital makes his rounds and reflects on his service at the largest American hospital in Afghanistan.