Archive for March, 2013
Veterans don’t need pity
This essay was published March 24th 2013 by the Austin American Statesman. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/veteran-reports-of-recruitment-tricks-and-trauma-m/nWxRF/ Veteran: Reports of recruitment tricks and trauma misleading By Chris Hernandez Two years ago I attended a presentation by a woman who advocates “selective conscientious objector” status. In other words, she believes service members should be able to say, “I’ll go to […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Writing | 54 Comments
Tags: Afghanistan, iraq, PTSD, veterans
Line in the Valley, chapter 1
I’ve decided to post the first chapter of book 3 in my series. It’s titled Line in the Valley, and is about Jerry Nunez’s unit fighting a cartel incursion on the Texas border. The Amazon judges read this and decided it blows, so I’d like to hear what you guys think. Links to all other […]
Filed under: Line in the Valley | 34 Comments
Tags: cartels, military fiction, Texas border, veteran writers
So there I was, minding my own business, patrolling a small town on night shift. I had been a cop about nine months. Christmas was a couple of days away, and the town had pretty much shut down. Then I got a call over the radio: “man harassing customers at the truck stop”. I headed […]
Filed under: Cops, What Police Work is Really Like | 19 Comments
Tags: deadly force, drugs, police
So I took a hard hit yesterday. Book 3 of my series got cut from the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Although I wasn’t counting chickens or anything, I had high hopes. Book 3 is about Jerry Nunez’s infantry company fighting against a limited cartel incursion on the Texas border. I like to think it’s […]
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So there I was, minding my own business, patrolling the hood on night shift. It was a quiet weeknight, nothing too interesting had happened. The streets were almost empty. I was wandering around looking for stolen cars and hoping for a good call. The dispatcher bumped me. “Suicide in progress” at an apartment complex. I […]
Filed under: Cops, What Police Work is Really Like | 22 Comments
Tags: drugs, pcp, police
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