Soldier, student, citizen... I play so many roles in this life that it's hard at times to keep them straight in my head. Above all else, however, I'm a writer.
Writing allows me to sort things out in my head, to help others understand and will hopefully allow
Iraq and back. In war, there are casualties. In war, there are scars. I was 19 years old when I wrote and signed my will. I was 19 years old and scared. I was 19 when I joined the rest of my unit, who were already training for our 18 month deployment. I was 19 years old when two months and thousands of tears later, I boarded... More..
When she joined the National Guard at 17, Caitlin Mancus never expected that at the age of 23 she would be living at home with her parents, working a minimum wage job and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After hearing a pitch from a local recruiter during her senior year of high school, Mancus decided that she ... More..
Amber Fluck
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