PFC. Devin K.P. Cardenas
We started Basic Training on October 15, 2003. The first stop when arriving at Basic Training to become an infantryman at Fort Benning is the... Read More
16
December
2024
The Silent Struggle of Early-Onset Dementia in Veterans
When combat veterans return to civilian life, they often carry invisible scars that can manifest in unexpected ways. While post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic... Read More
15
September
2024
Spitting Image of Me : Child #4
This is one of the hardest ones to write……and in the same thought it’s the easiest to write… This child is the closest resemblance of... Read More
23
October
2023
Veteran Representation in film
I want to talk about Veteran Representation in the film industry. Scene: A Veteran struggles with PTSD; he’s drinking whiskey, staring at an old deployment... Read More
23
October
2022
Take a deep breath and let it go…
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could... Read More
13
April
2022
Hey….Kiddo
Hey….Kiddo, You and about 80% of the kids in that College are going through a very similar mind space. Why College, and what the hell... Read More
24
September
2021
PSYOP and Information Operations in the Media
All of us are guilty of reading a news headline that comes across our social media feed and accepting it as the truth. Many times,... Read More
07
July
2020
To my Girls:
17
February
2020