When we last left the members of the First Calvary Division, Fort Hood in the National Geographic series The Long Road Home (Tuesdays 10PM/9 CT [note the time change] and on demand), two separate divisions of the brigade were heading into Sadr City to rescue an...
In an age where there?s such a determined focus on tolerance, it?s shocking to see the sheer amount of polarization in the world.? Perhaps that?s due to eliminating the gray areas and making issues exclusively black or while (so to speak). My high school was one...
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be?at?peace?with all men. --The Apostle Paul Peacekeeping was the goal for the members of the First Calvary Division when they headed to Sadr City, Iraq in 2004.? It was a quiet area with one incident in the previous calendar...
Skiing, sledding, snowball fights, mugs of hot cocoa?winter means different things to people.? In the case of Joyce Smith, it means something more. Life. In her book The Impossible (releases today via Hatchette Press), she tells the story of her son John, a child she...
Every individual who enters a branch of the US Armed Forces understands there is a possibility of having to be in a combat situation. They also understand there?s a chance they will be wounded or potentially killed while attempting to complete their mission.? The...
Turning on the television, reading the newspaper, or even browsing a news website these days is enough to fill a person with dread. Tensions between countries are escalating.? People are increasingly accusing others of things publicly (for better or worse).? Making a...
Scientific research is not for the faint of heart.? Able researchers must exhibit keen observation skills, demonstrate significant amounts of patience, and pay attention to all details so the project will succeed.? In addition, one needs to have prior...
War is not a topic many of us enjoy discussing, and it?s easy to see why. Tensions around the world are currently at a fever pitch as the US and North Korea play a game of chicken over nuclear weapons.? Drone warfare has made it as easy to kill real people as it is to...
In the first of a new six-part series on National Geographic, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman sheds some light on who humanity is at this stage of world history. Called The Story of Us (airing Wednesdays @ 9 PM/8 CT and On-Demand), it follows in a similar...