A Young Soldier Dies on the Range at Fort Leonard Wood

A Young Soldier Dies on the Range at Fort Leonard Wood

An 18-year-old Guardsman died on a Fort Leonard Wood’s rifle range, and until CID proves otherwise, this reads like a hard, ugly training mishap—the kind that rattles first formation the next morning.

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Free at Last

Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: Free at Last

In the desert’s crucible, where ego burned away, I discovered that truth itself could be the strongest shield a man might carry.

Col (Ret) Nate Slate: Al Dujahl, Iraq

Col (Ret) Nate Slate: Al Dujahl, Iraq

We idled through Al Dujahl’s midnight arteries, numb and hollow, while men in the shadows watched us like witnesses at the thin border between heaven and hell.