I left the courtroom before the judge announced his sentence. I couldn’t watch. It wasn’t technically my...
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Chapter 22: Why, Indeed
If both individual and organizational greed largely describe the “Why” of Chapter 20, the final reason for...
Chapter 21: Back to Okinawa
I was stoic on the ride to the airport. It had nothing to do with emotional control; it was strictly a...
Chapter 20: Why?
As a mandatory, force-wide countermeasure to the real threat of weaponized anthrax on the battlefield, the...
Chapter 19: Working Behind the Scenes
Executive Order 13139, which implements 10 U.S.C. § 1107, clearly states that the requirements it...
Chapter 18: The Walking Wounded
One year ago today, I was stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I received my fourth anthrax vaccine. That’s...
Chapter 17: Science Intervenes and Project Badger Surfaces
A study was conducted on 8,195 British Gulf War-era veterans. The British, serving alongside American forces,...
Chapter 16: Guard Pilots Quit
While many factors can influence an individual’s decision to leave the military, surveyed Guard and Reserve...
Chapter 15 – The Stay
“Well, if they’re going to issue the stay at all, now would be a good time! I mean, if no stay today, by...
Chapter 14 – Secretary Cohen’s “Four Points”
In December of 1997, the anthrax vaccine manufacturer was shut down and could not manufacture anything...