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Soldiers

Life Therapy

Veteran Andy Chavez’s miraculous journey from coma to Wheelchair Games.

Nick Davidson Truly*Adventurous Nov 2019 20min Permalink

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The War in Chechnya: Diary of a Spetsnaz

The excerpts from a diary of an anonymous Russian special-forces officer who served twenty tours of duty in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War (1999-2009).

Anonymous The Sunday Times Oct 2010 15min Permalink

Boys in Zinc

Testimonies about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, reported by the 2015 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Svetlana Alexievich Granta Oct 2015 25min Permalink

In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another

One Marine battalion has had four members kill themselves in just the last year. The soldiers have jury-rigged a system of Facebook notifications and Google spreadsheets to try to stop it.

Dave Philipps New York Times Sep 2015 25min Permalink

The Growing Menace

On the ground with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Neil Shea The American Scholar Apr 2012 10min Permalink