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The idea for this piece didn’t come from a briefing, a book, or a podcast.It came from a quiet Saturday morning conversation with my wife. We were standing in the kitchen, coffee in hand, the ne …

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At Quantico, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said what too many in uniform have forgotten and too many in Washington have feared: the mission is war. Not diversity initiatives, not corporate-slick brand …

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You can't do it just for the scars on your body, the burns, ripping of sinew, the fractures in your bones, or god forbid the...disability pay. That's not virtue (never feigned), It's a search for iden …

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The archaic textbook programming would dictate that integrity is defined by "doing the right thing even when no one is looking." Hardly invoking depth of thought... How about an engineering perspectiv …

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We didn’t start Crossbones Armory to chase trends or pad resumes. We built it because we couldn’t not build it. There’s a kind of pressure that builds in men who’ve seen the wo …

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