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Before we begin our latest Book Club selection, we wanted to share our own associations with the military, and what we're looking for as we read this book.
I don't know what it's like to go to war, but I know what it's like to stay home from war. I know what it's like to watch your husband on the tarmac---heave over, putting his hands on his knees only lifting his head to sob on my shoulder before he takes off.
Every Memorial Day, Rolling Thunder's 50,000 motorcycles shake every monument in Washington, DC. Primarily composed of Vietnam veterans, the message is clear. We are still very much here. We will not be forgotten.
As a military wife and advocate for healthy eating, I'm concerned about the foods our troops receive while deployed.
You might be thinking, "Ok, so an Arab Muslim girl wants to talk about war? Let's prepare for the Islamist preachiness, for the barbaric slogans, for the death-to-Amreeka chants..."
In my novel The Baker's Daughter, four chapters are from the perspective of a Nazi officer. Writing these was no easy task.
Our current HuffPost Book Club pick is "What It Is Like To Go To War" by Karl Marlantes. We are talking about different aspects of the military experi...
I live and have lived all my life in active battle readiness. Ready for orders that a family member must leave for some threatening place and may not return. Ready for him to take up the oath, "Duty, Honor, Country," and all the inner contradictions that come with it.
Chaplains working with our warriors can be vital to mission readiness including their spiritual preparation. All wars are religious. All conflicts are spiritual.
"The worst day at sea is better than the best day at the Pentagon," gripes my Navy husband. This makes me wonder if the man is an idiot.
I teach at a middle school on a military installation. This is my second time teaching at this school; my first was just over 10 years ago, before all the deployments.
Gabrielle Hamilton was asked to be on a panel at the Culinary Institute of America, titled "Where Are the Women?" It's the same panel hosted in virtually every industry where more than half of the top jobs are held by men.
Stories are how we understand our world. Books are a collaboration between author and reader, and we want to hear what you're bringing to the tale.
The HuffPost Book Club wants to be a part of the way you read books. We invite you to join a special HP Book Club digital community, through Twitter (#HPbookclub), Facebook, Instagr.am, YouTube and Flickr, to share both thoughts and real-world experiences as we read.
