"Although you'd never know it from reading the papers or watching TV, there are between 20 and 30 separate wars going on today. Because most countries are too poor to afford luxuries like female noncombatants, many of the battle are fought by women ( Read more... )

“During the mission, your memories are yours. After the mission, they belong to the military ( Read more... )

James was sick of his grandfather’s racism. He didn’t care if he was a war hero ( Read more... )

All the tallest soldiers were put into one battalion. The theory was that if they went in first, they’d scare the enemy. If they didn’t scare the enemy, they’d be bigger targets. They were called The Long Division ( Read more... )

A typical facet of how the aliens failed to understand us was their policy with their pilots ( Read more... )

There is a hierarchy in the New Armed Forces that’s based on disgust ( Read more... )

I don’t push red buttons anymore ( Read more... )

His hands fluttered like butterflies. He couldn’t hold a pen to write. He couldn’t hold on to a drink without spilling half of it before it got to his lips. The tremors were constant. Sure he had a substance abuse problem but I don’t think that was what gave him the shakes. His hands were creatures that were separate from him. They shook and ( Read more... )

I hate my children ( Read more... )

Psychological phenomena. That was the problem. The helmets were designed to help the pilots in the modern age of air warfare. There was no time to communicate vocally during a dogfight. Computers were used more and more often to fill in the gaps but they still weren’t smart enough to adapt like a human mind to the shifting shades of battle ( Read more... )