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Unintended Consequences

March 2, 2014 | Filed under: Creative Writing, Fiction

The third dumpster Nate visited that day was halfway down a narrow alley, and he liked his chances of finding something since it sat next to the back door of a pizza parlor. He pushed open the metal lid, stroked his thick beard, and began digging. The first thing he …

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The Unforgiving Sky

January 20, 2014 | Filed under: Creative Writing, Fiction

The 2/75th Ranger Battalion was running a low-level night jump during a training mission in Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas, and Sgt. Larry Swenson wasn’t happy that winds were 36 knots at altitude, but being aggravated and complaining were two different things. Rangers jumped in every condition imaginable because training had to …

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A Stealthy Successor

July 25, 2013 | Filed under: News

The B-2 Spirit, better known as the “Stealth Bomber,” is perhaps the single most advanced aircraft in the world. Now the U.S. Air Force is looking towards the future of this amazing plane. According to Popular Mechanics, the Air Force is planning a new Stealth Bomber, one that will have …

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The Pot Liberation Front

July 3, 2013 | Filed under: Opinion, Perspective for Hire

In many ways, Colorado Springs provides a microscopic sample of our national demographic. We have the serious ultra-conservative right-wing Republicans, fun but slightly insane Democrat fanatics (like the ones dancing in the streets after Obama won), a strong Libertarian front dedicated to creating and maintaining freedoms, and the rest of …

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Unpleasant Justice

April 6, 2013 | Filed under: Opinion

The day in 2013 when Leon Panetta, the Secretary of Defense, and General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed the order to open combat arms positions to women, Stacy Jones and her associates celebrated. After years of protesting for women’s rights, sometimes in very hostile environments, Stacy would finally …

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When Lightning Strikes

February 23, 2013 | Filed under: News

EDITOR’S NOTE: We are reposting the following article, which was originally published by FreedomWolf on December 3rd, 2012, due to an update on the status of the F-35 fighter jet. Recently, all F-35s have been grounded because of a ”crack in the turbine blade of one of the planes.” US Represented feels that …

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Military Health Care Is Still Negligent

September 28, 2012 | Filed under: Opinion

In 2007, Americans were shocked when the Washington Post ran a series of articles revealing the abhorrent conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Many wondered how our civilian and military leaders could force wounded soldiers to recuperate in one of the most neglected facilities in the country. However, what …

Beach on Key West

We’ll See You in the Keys?

September 8, 2012 | Filed under: News

In response to the increased U.S. Naval presence in the Persian Gulf, where an 11-nation naval exercise is expected to take place within a month, Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, head of the Iranian navy, commented Tuesday that Iran will strive to place its own ships off the coast of the United States “in the next …

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