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

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

cover design by Tif Holmes

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