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Continuing Actions Chapter 2
DEADLY MISCONCEPTIONS MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS are easy. If a pistol-shooter consistently hits low on the target, it’s more than likely they’re anticipating the shot. A good pistol coach can break that bad habit and have them drilling the bull’s-eye in short order. The same cannot be said for mental adjustments. Mental adjustments cannot be externally imposed—they have to come from within. In order for us to change how we perceive the world, we need some motivation, [...]
Continuing Actions Chapter 1
NONE OF THIS IS NEW A FEW YEARS BEFORE the invasion of Iraq, Mongo (his mom didn’t name him that; we—his friends—did) was flying a Cobra helicopter with a senior officer from our squadron. Crossing a huge desert training range, they heard the electronic beeping of an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) coming through their radios. Knowing a stricken aircraft must be nearby, they began searching and soon spotted smoke rising above the desert scrub. Not [...]
Continuing Actions for Free: Prologue
I'm going to try something new. Over the next 16 posts or so, I'm going to chop up my entire second book, Continuing Actions: A Warrior's Guide to Coming Home, and send it out through blog posts. I'm doing this because, despite ringing endorsements from Dr. Jonathan Shay (Achilles in Vietnam, Odysseus in America) and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and bestselling author Tom Ricks, it hasn't exactly been leaping off Amazon's shelves. Instead, I'm seeing posts [...]
Thanks General Berger!
I know the Commandant isn't going to read my blog, but on the off chance he's trolling the internet while he should be running the Marine Corps I wanted to give him a big "Thank You, Sir!" You see, General Berger just released his selections for the Commandant's Professional Reading Program (colloquially known as "The Commandant's Reading List") and my first book, After Action, is on it. I'm humbled and honored that General Berger, and [...]
A Step Back
The recent suicide of yet another Marine I served with compels me to write this post. It's a cliff-notes version of the concepts I describe in detail in my book, Continuing Actions, and I add them here in the hopes of reaching even one person suffering in silence. Don't Go It Alone I've read an assload of books about PTSD and wrote two books detailing my own struggles with Moral Injury/PTSD that bestselling author and [...]
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