Grunt

Navy boys accrue ink like sun damage. A little more every year, in every port.

I will be playing myself: a reporter who gets in the way and distracts people from their jobs.

because of their low profile, the less visible injuries of war can be the hardest kind to have.

(“I can stick my lip balm and tape recorder in these little skinny vest pockets.” “Those are for ammo.”)

By and large, an army shows up to a war with the gear it has on hand from the last one.

Sometimes courage is nothing more than a willingness to think differently than those around you.