When I first told my extended family I was moving to Japan, my sister was excited for me, but my stuck-in-her-ways mother exclaimed, “But they...

One small sliver of light began to peek through the blackout curtains at the head of my bed. The light coming through was human error....

I wrote the following as I screamed along the Japanese countryside between the cities of Hiroshima and Fukuoka at 200 miles per hour. My family...

A big part of my job here in Japan is community relations and outreach. For those of you who remember when I was the public...

My wife turned and looked at me smiling with tears in her eyes. “I feel like I am a part of something ancient right now.”...

As I was sitting in our conference room trying to stay awake during a long and drawn-out meeting on budgets and manning, my mind began...

Back in 2012, I packed up my things and moved to Mississippi from Monterey Bay, Calif. I had been stationed there for my final Army...

Here in Okinawa, one of my regular duties within my job description for the U.S. Army is community relations. As anyone can imagine, community relations...

Not too long after I moved my family from Mississippi to the tropical island of Okinawa, I came to the realization that nearly every animal...

My sons, with their fine Mississippi public education (not being facetious), can easily recall the names of the two cities in the land of the...