Giving and Taking- Part One of Three by Robert Tanner Nearly ten years ago, I sat in the cargo bay of a C-130 as a USMC infantryman on my way to Kuwait. I was part of a contingent of Marines deployed to Fallujah, Iraq to help restore order and bring peace to the people of…
MEA Partners With Serve the Warrior
Military Experience and the Arts has forged an information-sharing partnership with the likeminded organization “Serve the Warrior,” a national all-volunteer run nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. Serve the Warrior’s mission is “to create community spaces that support healing and provide therapeutic tools to defend against the invisible wounds that American Veterans bring home from…
Spotlight: Rod Merkley’s “Words on a Wall”
An excerpt from “Words on a Wall,” a work of fiction by Rod Merkley that will be featured in the The Blue Falcon Review this November: *** Dust, sweat, and blood are the three things I remember from that day. I squint through the grimy burn of sweat and dust in my eyes. I taste…
Flashes of War by Katey Schultz
I’d like to share an excellent book. Katey Schultz’s 2013 Flashes of War a collection of 31 fiction short stories offering multiple perspectives to the Middle Eastern conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan. I found this book to offer an accessible “insider” view of common military experiences. Take for example the piece “MREs”; in MREs Schultz writing…