–by Leslie Rose, MFSO member He’s trying to settle in. He’s trying to fit in, get work, find some meaning in his new civilian life. Home doesn’t seem like the place he left behind. Sure, his beautiful old Chevy pickup is parked in the driveway, still wrecked from the short leave before his second deployment. [...]

I just finished reading the book The Forever War by Dexter Filkins and really want to recommend it. If you are not familiar with this writer, he is a foreign correspondent for the New York Times and has reported from Afghanistan and Iraq since before 9/11. I’ve read lots of his reporting during the last [...]