I very much appreciate your kind words, Max, especially as a fellow combat veteran. I worked in Ramadi with a lot of Marines and they hold a special place for me, and know many of us feel the same but has been difficult to articulate. I actually had a few of them read this before I published to make sure I was capturing the conflicting emotions we deal with. Like you, I skim the how to articles even though I write them as well (ha!). Here’s some of my work on war you may enjoy: