bmfortierAug 101 minMade of Granite (The Death of Cpl. King)Tears suddenly rolled down my right cheek. It felt as if a channel of magma was tunneling through the granite my face was supposed to be...
bmfortierFeb 73 minStories from the Jolan DistrictIt was a nighttime operation. The only mission was to look for contact. We would find it, just not in the way I had hoped.
bmfortierFeb 73 minStories from the al-Andalas District (The "Pizza Slice")No one cared that I had only slept five hours on the first day of our cycle conducting operations from the train station.
bmfortierFeb 17 minThe Witch of War: Lessons from the Global War on Terrorism CampaignsMy online social media accounts were filled with praise for our troops (particularly the Marine Corps) for hunting down and killing insurgen