by David P. Ervin In “What’s It Like to Kill Someone?” Travis Switalski delved into the depths of an important question. He answered it adeptly, employing the kind of candidness that makes that conversation enlightening and worthwhile. It’s a dialogue that we are afraid to have with ourselves, much less with the vast majority of the society…
Blasted by Adversity
Excerpted from Blasted by Adversity: the Making of a Wounded Warrior, which chronicles Army SSG Luke Murphy’s two tours with the 101st Airborne Division, his recovery from an IED blast that took his leg, and his advocacy for wounded service members. April 24, 2006, the anniversary of Troy Jenkins’s death, three years earlier. Since he…
Second National Military Experience & the Arts Symposium: Welcome Packet
Information about workshops, events, and special offerings remains available under the “Symposium” tab on the MEA website. However, and for your convenience, we have embedded a copy of the welcome packet that each registrant will receive after arriving at the event below. The MEA2 Welcome Packet is also downloadable as a PDF here. This packet contains…
Spotlight: Seth Kastle
by Joseph Stanfill When news of Why Is Dad So Mad? by Seth Kastle first broke on social media and NBC news I was immediately enamored by the premise. A father of two little girls who is also a combat veteran had written a children’s book. This is no ordinary children’s book, mind you, this…



