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  • Phoenix Rising

    First Flight The Legend of the Phoenix is that of a gallant bird, soaring in the night sky or the morning winds. Fierce, humble, steadfast. The Phoenix glides through the domain aloft the earth, flying free until she reaches her inevitable demise. Shot down, falling, crashing, burning. The Phoenix never was one until it fell; Read more

  • Appendix Concept

    Back when I was in the Navy, I had this friend, we’ll call Dee Ivan. Dee and I talked at length many nights in the barracks, sometimes until one of us fell asleep. With Dee, no topics were off the table and the cyclical theme seemed to be what many ask themselves and others; what Read more

  • My A-School Crush

    Happy New Years btw. In the US military, an A-school is the initial training duty station after bootcamp. The purpose is to train cadets to perform the job they enlisted for. The duration of these trainings could be anywhere from a few weeks to a year and a half. So a potentially long time paired Read more

  • Stolen Valor

    I had to update my “Coins Earned” section of ‘The Love and The Life of SN Reed’ page because after some recent thought, it was actually a second coin from the American Legion I was given by the parting commander of Post 41. I struggle with a lot of inner conflict; that I only got Read more

  • Freedom Actually is Free*

    [Insert initial paragraph to fill in the preview of this post so that viewers are more likely to read it]. There, hopefully now you’ll take the time to read this in its entirety to understand my contrarian sentiment. Last week was July 4th, a day of American festivities and pride. No shortage of red, white, Read more

  • Dog-Eat-Dog: Series Introduction

    It was all triggered by a damn Instagram reel I saw, posted by a shipmate who was obsessed with bodybuilding. Let’s start from the top: we’ve all heard the phrase before. Now and then you see cute-sy cartoons of a dog eating a hotdog, or an actual dog. Sometimes they’re eating each other in a Read more

  • Kinking the Drool-Aid

    And is there a lot of it. Like a frog in a pot of water to boil, like the wrinkles on a long-term smokers face, or perhaps the occasional need for maintenance on a car; exposure over time can cause impactful change to a subject. Such is one of the effects of being in the Read more

  • Forward March

    Moving forward seems almost a formidable feat when looking back on the trail that took me here. Back there I had a deep rut of routine that I’d tread through day-after-day, wishing for a string of a few days that I could do what I want. It’s one of those #iykyk or “if you know, Read more