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Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt, Part III

12 May 202412 May 2024
Now I still wear my Army-issue eyeglasses when I exercise. BCGs, Birth Control Glasses, because the idea is that no one will want to sleep with you if you’re wearing…
Memoir

Brokedick: A Memoir Excerpt

16 Jul 202317 Jul 2023
I joined the United States Army in June 2007. With the encouragement of my recruiters, I lied about my pre-existing health conditions. When those conditions became known at Basic Combat…
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Trouble at Bragg

29 Jun 202019 Dec 2023
Night of Terror Early in the morning of 6 August 1941, 500 Black soldiers lay on the ground of the prison yard at Fort Bragg. For five hours they were…
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