fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about the military and the physical, logistical, emotional and moral obstacles involved.
Delta Minor
"CHARLIE 0-3," a young man screamed into his standard issue comms fitted to a multi-cam, mesh covered helmet, "THIS IS DELTA MINOR, REQUESTING IMMEDIATE EVAC ON MY LOCATION!"
Jackson something-or-otherPublished 10 days ago in Serve
The story of a soldier who survived the war with a drug overdose.
In 1944 Finnish soldier Imo Koivonen detached from his unit and survived for weeks inside the Arctic Circle without food or shelter, on a dose of methamphetamine large enough for 30 men. Over the course of World War II, Finland repelled the Soviet invasion, allied itself with Germany against the Soviet Union and then fought with the Allies against Germany, the methamphetamine-fueled survival story of Private Imo Koivonen astonishingly embodies the chaos of World War II. During that war, the Finnish soldiers were fighting for four years, and during the war, a Finnish patrol found itself behind the enemy lines and surrounded by Soviet soldiers inside the Lapland region in northern Finland, which was covered with snow during that period of March 1944 AD, and when the shooting began on them, the soldiers began rushing from In order to get out of the line of fire, most of the soldiers fled on skis.
MUHAMMAD AHMADPublished 2 months ago in ServeThe Deepest Roots
My Roots in the Orchard (Forty-Eight hours before my flight) Some lives intersect at the same moment in time. I am drawing parallels in connection with the women and children I may find on my mission. My goal will be to take them to host countries around the world. I can only imagine their fear as they leave their families and their homeland. As I prepare to head into the unknown, I am experiencing my own story.
Zel HarrisonPublished 2 months ago in Serve
Is Vladimir Putin out of his mind?
Is Putin out of his mind? How close is the northern Bambi-slayer to "another world" in terms of communication? Or does Putin have a mental breakdown?No, he's not. According to Western media, the current state of the world is predicated on whether or not Putin is (in)sane. Many still believe that Putin is insane, crazy, and irrational.Both he and he haven't are correct.
Dwayne nembhardPublished 5 months ago in ServeThese countries will have the world's largest and most expensive armies by 2022
NATO is beefing up its military posture in Eastern Europe in response to the Ukraine crisis and the threat posed by Russia. The US government intends to send more armed soldiers to Poland in a few days, according to a spokeswoman from the US Department of Defense.
Anirban BosePublished 6 months ago in Serve
The Night Owl
" Good night, Dulce! Sydney." The first woman sent an enthusiastic wave. The second a measured nod. " See you tomorrow, Jim and don't forget the party starts at eight," Dulce responded.
Colleen DiazPublished 7 months ago in ServeWhiteness blinds my sight
The connecting halls seemed larger than usual, I find it difficult to be relaxed in a place like this. You might ask, if I don’t like to be here, why am I in this situation again? Well, a promise is a promise. The last time we saw each other I said that I’ll back on my own to ask him the same old questions. He assured me that we could dive deep into what sparks my imagination. My curiosity goes beyond morbid knowledge of gruesome past events. I don’t know what lies behind this veil of secrecy of him, could it be a vow? Could it be so traumatic that he wants to forget and never revisit the ordeal? I guess I’ll find out today.
Giovanni ProfetaPublished 12 months ago in Serve
War
The US Army was being chased from behind and had to get to the other side of the lake, but it was frozen solid. This was during the time of cold war and the Soviets had just crossed over the border to attack the armored vehicles could swim, but the ice had be broken up. But time was of the utmost importance. The commander ordered all available men out onto the ice with mattocks' and pix axes. He had us breaking the ice up by hand. I told my commander that if I fell in and drowned my grandmother wouldn't like him anymore.
Lawrence Edward HincheePublished about a year ago in ServeTwo Soldiers
Our story starts in France in a woefully bad time. World War II had been raging for years and the end was finally in sight. The Americans had joined the war after The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Edward was an eighteen year old straight out of high school and had signed up to fight for his country alongside his best friend Charlie. The two had been inseparable since Edward had moved into town when they were nine. By now they had been through so much together, from the times that they would explore abandoned buildings in their town as kids to getting caught drawing graffiti as teenagers, but there was something Edward hid from Charlie that he thought he would take to his grave. Edward was in love with Charlie.
Caleb GeigerPublished about a year ago in Serve
Coming Home
It had been five years since Jason had last stood in front of his home. At that time war was brewing, and Jason’s group of friends decided to join the Army because it sounded like fun. “Fun” was far from his view of it, Jason had long thought of the military and its servicemen as arrogant punks who just liked killing things. He saw no glory or honor in it, why defend a country that was so oppressive anyway? However, jobs were scarce, and with no real vocational ambitions or desires to further his education after high school, he joined up with the four of them. He had stood in front of his California home, his clean-shaven face still stinging from the resentful removal of his scraggly beard, hugged his parents and bid them a last goodbye before heading to the processing station where he would be shipped off to Basic Training.
Dawn HunterPublished about a year ago in Serve
The Red Heart Shaped Locket
The day the world ended I was in a cell under the ground. A cell stored with food and water, enough to last for a year. The world ended in every way I knew it could. It ended in the sense that there was no longer an endless supply of food which one could purchase with green paper. There was no longer clean water in the faucets. There was only death and suffering everywhere I looked. Scorched grounds without crops. Water polluted with dead fish, and dead carcasses everywhere there used to be animals and humans.
Melissa MeintjesPublished about a year ago in Serve
Reality
In the Real; The Apocalypse? I hesitate to use the word love, so often misused and quoted and if I’m honest with you that would be a far lesser description to use for how I felt about my experiential reality now.
Justin “Jud” HaywoodPublished about a year ago in Serve
