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MILSPEAK MEMO
V4.08-10-09

THE GULF WARS
contributing compiler’s note
mustang riffs on war, futurists & asymmetry

A CRIMSON STAIN
a memoir of the highway of death
by r. richard brown
featuring photo essay,  the unseen gulf war, 
by peter turnley

MARINE WIFE
sending your husband to war means many things - 
not least of all discovering what you’re really made of
by vivian i. bikulege
watch the youtube version 

I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO...
a marine and mother, wife of an active duty marine, writes a letter to her unborn child
by stacy atkinson

ECHO: 
responding to a journey
poetry by lyn loughlin

GULF WAR POEM
by soraya for her brother
courtesy of sgt grit

CONSEQUENTLY
BY A.L. “O.A.T.S.” SYOR

POEMS OF WAR
Six writers and editors on poems of war.
By Robert Pinsky, Alice Quinn, Judith Shulevitz, Dan Chiasson, Anthony Swofford, and Robert Fagles
courtesy of slate.com

Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Become NCOs Together
Monday, 10 August 2009
By Staff Sgt. Jason Douglas, for  MNF NEWSLETTER
1st Cavalry Division
photo by  ssgt jason douglas, mnf news

BOOKS ON THE GULF WARS AT AMAZON.COM

ETX.

BUSINESS AS USUAL
FLASH MEMOIR - VIET NAM WAR  
BY A.L. “O.A.T.S.” SYOR

Richard Keith Reynolds  
a father’s reflections on his son’s 50th birthday
by dick Reynolds

VETERANS’ VOICES
FIFTY YEARS WRITING WITH VETERANS IN HOSPITALS

Writing Project Helps Veterans Heal Wounds
by john mcchesney for NPR
read about author madeline king hongston’s writing program for veterans

folks, there’s dozens more writing programs for veterans. find one near you. 
write when you can, while you can.
MCWS 10 BEGINS 29 SEPTEMBER 2009
READ ABOUT IT HERE

LITTLE KNOWN VETERANS BENEFIT
by paula burkes
PLUS

GORILLA STYLE
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