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- In War: An Exhibition by Members of Warrior Art Group
Authors: Tara Leigh Tappert Editor et al.
Abstract: In the past five years the number of exhibitions tackling themes of war hosted by museums and by college and university galleries has been steadily increasing. Many veterans who have seen combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many civilians who have been affected by the costs of these wars are turning to the visual arts to make sense of their experiences.
PubDate: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:16:52 PST
- Call and Response: Artwork by Active Duty Service Members, Veterans, and
Civilians
Authors: Tara Leigh Tappert Editor et al.
Abstract: The idea of call and response—themes and the artwork inspired by the themes—provides an interpretive overlay for the 44 works of art featured in this article of the journal. The themes chosen—Recruit, Record, Rehabilitate, Retreat, React, Respect, Reflect, Remember, and Reorient—suggest the experiential “life cycle” of those who have served in the armed forces–from recruitment into military life to reorientation back to the civilian world.
PubDate: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:16:51 PST
- Introduction: Artwork
Authors: Tara Leigh Tappert
Abstract: At the July 2012 Military Experience and the Arts Symposium at Eastern Kentucky University, I sat with a participant who struggled to understand the meaning behind the artwork that was used for the cover of JME 2.
PubDate: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:16:50 PST
- JME 3--Table of Contents
Authors: Travis Martin
PubDate: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:16:49 PST
- A Private on the Public Stage--Examining My Grandfather's War at El
Alamein
Authors: Laurie James Laker
Abstract: My grandfather, Eric George Laker, was captured at the Battle of El Alamein, North Africa, on October 27, 1942. He was held in a succession of prisoner of war camps across central Europe before the war ended in 1945. For the duration of his captivity he kept a diary, which he titled “Summary of Events: From 27th October 1942 to 24th May 1945.” At the time of his capture, he was 22 years old.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:13 PST
- Embattled Belief: The Religious Experiences of American Military
Combatants during World War II and Today
Authors: Nicholas Pellegrino
Abstract: The second World War, more than any other, elicited a host of scholarly examinations of the behavior of soldiers in combat. In recent decades, both military historians and social scientists such as Samuel L. Stouffer, Drew Gilpin Faust, Gerald F. Linderman, and Peter Kindsvatter have studied various facets of battlefield behavior, including coping mechanisms, combat expectation, and motivation.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:12 PST
- Afghanistan and Iraq: The Soldiers' Experience
Authors: Larry Minear
Abstract: Few, if any, soldiers emerge from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq unchanged. For many—indeed, probably for most—the negatives outweigh the positives. While the views of individual veterans may change with the passage of time—mellowing for some, hardening for others—the public should seek out those who served while the troops’ experience is fresh and while they still struggle with its meaning.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:10 PST
- A Military Tradition Institutionalized: Rhetorical Personification and
Anthropomorphism in "The Riflemen's Creed"
Authors: Mick Howard
Abstract: There are few more iconic pieces of American literary military history than the Marine Corps’ “The Rifleman’s Creed.” Classifying this statement as poetry would not be stretching the term; at the very least, it is certainly poetic:
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:09 PST
- Introduction: Scholarship
Authors: Eric Hodges
Abstract: This current generation of veterans needs, perhaps more than ever, reliable and accurate information regarding what it means to serve in the military. In the United States, only 7% of the population either is currently serving or has served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This means that an overwhelming majority of Americans has little to no knowledge of what it means to serve in the military.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:08 PST
- JME 3--Table of Contents
Authors: Travis Martin
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:22:07 PST
- Not Alone
Authors: Art Schade
Abstract: Just before I entered the small meeting room for my fourth group therapy session at the VA, my psychiatrist motioned me to his office. This was not unusual. He often spoke to me before my session when his schedule permitted, and I appreciated those brief moments. After several months of one-on-one therapy sessions, I had gained a level of trust with him that I have shared with very few people since the atrocities of war in Vietnam.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:31 PST
- The VA Hospital
Authors: Andrew H. Miller
Abstract: At nearly one in the morning, the plane carrying my son back to the safety of the United States appeared as a fast-moving star in the sky, far in the distance from Pope Army Airfield. Being a newbie Army mom, I didn’t know what to look for and recognized only the rapidly glowing, white spot of light when one of the more experienced Army parents pointed it out.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:30 PST
- They Also Serve
Authors: Kathy Brady
Abstract: At nearly one in the morning, the plane carrying my son back to the safety of the United States appeared as a fast-moving star in the sky, far in the distance from Pope Army Airfield. Being a newbie Army mom, I didn’t know what to look for and recognized only the rapidly glowing, white spot of light when one of the more experienced Army parents pointed it out.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:29 PST
- The One Left Behind
Authors: Elizabeth Heaney
Abstract: We chat for nearly an hour before Sgt. Devereaux feels comfortable enough to say, “Hey, I’ve got a funny story for you.” I’d been working with soldiers long enough to know their ‘“funny” stories often had a tinge of underlying pain.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:28 PST
- Spitfire
Authors: Winfield Goulden
Abstract: Spitfire was the name of a World War II British fighter plane: streamlined, dainty as hell, but packing four 50-caliber machine guns and a cannon. Spitfire was also the name of a beautiful 20-year-old British woman test pilot, also streamlined, dainty as all hell, but packing flaming red hair and a body to match.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:27 PST
- Engine Trouble
Authors: Eric Hannel
Abstract: After more than a week in the cold South Korean wilderness without a shower, we smelled like hot ass and cabbage. But our mood was elevated as we were heading back to base camp and looking forward to showers, food, and a night on the town. Upon our return the first order of business was to clean and prepare our gear for any future mission. Knowing that a good time awaited us in town motivated everyone to work efficiently and quickly.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:26 PST
- Up the Road a Piece
Authors: Michael J. Hoffman
Abstract: The window by my head offered almost no view, but through a gap beneath the hatchback of our Humvee, I could see what was left of the body we had just run over. A bundle of rags and bone, well-bloodied and rolled up onto itself as if furled. The pant legs flapped on the concrete and suggested an orientation to the remains, some sense of upper and lower, head-torso-legs.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:25 PST
- The Bear that Stands
Authors: Suzanne S. Rancourt
Abstract: April 2011. I’m in my kitchen, standing at the edge of my Malaysian-made farm table. My Brother sewing machine, a Mother’s Day gift from an ex-husband, teeters on the edge while brocades, satins, and chiffons slide from the edge of my fine, flat table and onto a floor spattered with muddy dog prints. Everything has been pushed aside except for my open weapons bag and a couple boxes of shells. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:24 PST
- Highway to Hell
Authors: Chris Miller
Abstract: So we were sitting outside the TOC, on call to take officers from the Puzzle Palace to wherever they needed to go in the mean streets of Baghdad to help us win hearts and minds.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:24 PST
- Twenty-Three and Angry
Authors: Joseph W. Badgett
Abstract: I was once asked to describe how I felt during war—how I feel now. The truth is I’m just twenty-three and angry. My anger is not fueled by reminiscing about war; it’s not brought on by Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder or physical ailments. My anger comes from the war itself: meanings never found, solutions never reached.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:23 PST
- Together
Authors: Shield B.
Abstract: His palm is pressed firmly against mine, his fingers holding our hands together. Callouses draw my attention, stiff from work. Our bodies are exhausted from effort, and the heat is disseminating into the ground and air around us. Soaked in sweat, I vacillate into shivering.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:22 PST
- Babyface
Authors: Winfield Goulden
Abstract: Ahead, I could see a sliver of silver on the horizon. “There’s the Rhine River,” I thought. I eased my glider higher above the tow plane to get a better look at the formation. It was the Rhine all right.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:21 PST
- Introduction: Non-Fiction
Authors: Brian Mockenhaupt
Abstract: In Tim O'Brien's fantastical story Going After Cacciato, an infantry platoon in Vietnam chases down Private Cacciato, who has decided to quit the war and walk to France. How could they make sense of that? In considering Cacciato's decision, they would each have to look at their own experiences in the war.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:20 PST
- Editor's Introduction
Authors: Brian Mockenhaupt
Abstract: Imagine coming home after World War II, when one in ten Americans had been in uniform. If you met a young man, the question wouldn't have been whether he served, but where. And those who hadn't served likely knew many friends and family who had, worrying for them while they were gone and trying to understand how the war had changed them.
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:19 PST
- JME 3--Table of Contents
Authors: Travis Martin
PubDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:56:18 PST
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