Document Type
2001-2020 Army
Date
2025
Date of Submission
March 2025
Keywords
Mighty Pen Project, Veteran, Military Police, Duty, Inner turmoil, Memoir, Iraq, Nasiriyah, short story, Control Point, TCP Iraq, Civilian casualty, death of child
Abstract
A routine patrol around the Tallil air force base takes a sharp turn when our narrator is confronted by a grieving mother, screaming in a language she cannot understand.
Despair transcends language, and guilt sticks around like desert gnats on tape.
Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L. Robbins, and in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, offers veterans and their family members a customized twelve-week writing class, free of charge. The program encourages, supports, and assists participants in sharing their stories and experiences of military experience so both writer and audience may benefit.
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