As You Were: The Military Review, Vol. 23

Autumn 2025 | ISSN: 2374-3816


Fiction

Knock” by Allison Whittenberg

The Worm Dieth Not” by Gordon Laws

The Nest” by Robert B. Miner 

Apples for Tom” by Amy B. Logan 

Hold Baggage” by Tim Brown

Our Red Toyota Paseo” by J.M. Green

After White Flags” by Dane Sawyer


Nonfiction

Out in ‘Nam” by River Schumann

My Cup Runneth Over” by Mike Strickland

First Combat” by Donald Masselli 

When Life Throws You a Curve” by Tanya Whitney

Can’t Quit, Won’t Quit” by Stanley C. Ross

Dirt Bag Lieutenant” by Nancy Stroer

Plastic Boy” by Claire Fron

Field Manual: Browning M2” by Edward Vidri 

Let That Be a Lesson” by Sid Macken

Out of Uniform” by S. Jay Holz 

Trajectory’s End” by LA Enck


Poetry

Writing During War” by Frances Wiedenhoeft

To Any Civilian” by Frances Wiedenhoeft

V.A. Hospital” by Louis Faber

F-86 Sabre Jet” Stephen Barile

Mizan” by Earl Weigelt

In Between” by Earl Weigelt

Toasting from Warm-up to Stirrups” by Daniel W. Ross

Meditations on a Too-Small Hat” by N. Jed Todd

Half a Person” by P. J. Hughes

The One Who Picks Up” by P. J. Hughes

Grease Grate” by Joey Damiano


Artwork

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Editor-in-Chief
David Ervin

Managing Editor – Nonfiction
Brian Mockenhaupt

Poetry Editor
Randy Brown

Associate Editors
Dale Waters
Jerad Alexander
Jillian Danback-McGhan
Tammy Ortung
Beth Liechti Johnson
Sarah Maples

 

Cover design by Tif Holmes

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