As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 16 |

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As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 16

Spring 2022 | ISSN: 2374-3816

Fiction

“Love in the Time of Combat Injuries” by Benjamin Inks

“Pepper’s Side of the Street” by Meredith Wadley

“The Emperor’s Visit” by Danny Joe Robb

“Dead Dog Smell” by Micah Bates

“Desert Blooms” by Tanya R. Whitney

Nonfiction

“Starlight, Starbright” by Jean Noel Ruhland

“Grip” by Jeff Burt

“A Sense of Responsibility” by Joseph R. McGonagle

“I Will Try Harder, Sir” by Milt Mays

“Communications” by Rob Carter

“Roaches, Ramen, and Rockets” by Jason Green

“Man at His Basic Level” by William Gritzbaugh

“Salute the Snowman” by Alan Wahnefired

“Am I Dead Enough for You?” by J.G.P. MacAdam

Poetry

“Fort Bragg, 2005” by Susan Muth

“Foundations” by Susan Muth

“Ghostly Meeting” by D.A. Gray

“Seventy Years Later” by Douglas S. Burdin

“Boarding the MV from Monrovia” by John Davis

“The Retaking of Vincennes, Part VI” by Harry Pratt

“Warrant Officer One” by Gordon Kippola

“Chu Lai Cage” by Leland Woodson

“Home Base” by Susana Gonzales

“In His Shoes” by Sara Myers

“Today I Live” by Norman Belmore

“The Last Post” by Robert Grandstaff

Artwork

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“Collateral Damage” | Donald Guadagni

“Tibor Rubin” | Dmitry Borshch

“A Daughter Returns: Fading Cinnabar” | Scottie Kersta-Wilson

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Editor-in-Chief
David Ervin

Managing Editor – Fiction
Daniel Buckman

Managing Editor – Nonfiction
Brian Mockenhaupt

Poetry Editor
Randy Brown

Associate Editors
Melinda Canny
Tammy Ortung
Sarah Maples
Elliot Woods
Beth Johnson

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cover design by Tif Holmes

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