Down, But Not Out: 5 Rules for a Productive Recovery from Injury
Life has a way of throwing the unexpected at you. We are not always able to carry out our plans and continue on in our daily routines and habits unimpeded…
Rites of Passage: Coming of Age in Cinema, Role Models and the need for boys to partake of them
Background My father took me to many movies when I was growing up. Thankfully I was able to watch thought-provoking stuff when I was a child. Mostly westerns and war…
Punishers and Spartans
Spend more than a day in the “tactical” industry and you will easily be consumed by an over-saturation of hyper-masculinity in all the wrong ways. Nothing displays this point further…
I did a thing today…
I have thought about this for a long time, the longest of times. I have perhaps a tendency to overthink things though. I generally don’t broadcast that I hunt, maybe…
What is Your Purpose?
When you get up in the morning, what is the first thing you do? What’s the first thing you think? What’s your mental state? What drives you, puts fire in…
Embrace the Suck
Most of us have heard the phrase, “Embrace the suck”, but few of us have ever been in a situation and taken the time to actually follow that advice. What…
Brotherhood Can Teach a Man to Rise Again
I accompanied my buddy to an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting because he didn’t want to go alone. We sat among a mixed group of ragged-headed teens and…
Crisis, Clarity and Character
I think we’ve all been here before. Anger seems to be the typical response when someone attacks our character. Another normal response is to want to immediately fight back. We…
Inspiration: Rupert Brooke and a Quest
Rupert Brooke, English poet and WW1 soldier, had lofty dreams. He made efforts to make them real. He once wrote, “ I want to walk 1,000 miles, and write 1,000…
Spotter Up sponsors Kabul Half Marathon and 5K
Kabul Half Marathon and 5K Guest article by SFC VanVoorhis Being deployed in Afghanistan for a year can have positive or negative effects on physical fitness depending on how down…