J. Ford Huffman has reviewed 400-plus books published during the Iraq and Afghanistan war era, mainly for Military Times, and he received the Military Reporters and Editors (MRE) 2018 award for commentary. He co-edited Marine Corps University Press’ The End of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (2012). When he is not reading a book or editing words or art, he is usually running, albeit slowly. So far: 48 marathons, including 15 Marine Corps races. Not that he keeps count. Huffman serves on the board of Student Veterans of America and the artist council of Armed Services Arts Partnership and has co-edited two ASAP anthologies. As a content and visual editor, he has advised newsrooms from DC to Dubai to Delhi and back.
During his second tour of Iraq, Ben Brody spends five days photographing and reporting the 101st Airborne’s fight in “the blasted hellscape” west of Iskandariyah. “Two soldiers got chopped up with shrapnel right in front of me,” and “civilians and ...
A guy walks into a bar. And when he walks out, he heads straight to Vietnam — but not to serve in uniform; he’s already been in the Marine Corps. (“I went in as a private and, four years later, I came out as a private.”) His mission as a ...
Heads up, from the author himself: “Although this book is about our time at war, readers should not expect a nail-biting, shoot ’em up thriller.” With that accurate tip, Gus Biggio — “Jagras Gus” in Pashto — presents The Wolves of Helmand: A ...
When a dozen short stories by a Marine veteran of the Iraq War were published as Redeployment in spring 2014, the collection, the writer’s first book, commanded critical and commercial attention. Redeployment is mostly about people with Corps on ...
Glance at the title, and you could easily think this book will tell the inside story of a soldier who is the right-hand man, perhaps an aide, to the notorious Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Think that and you will have been ...
Compare the drawing in a Maximilian Uriarte Terminal Lance or a Steve Leonard Doctrine Man or a C.F. Grant Bohica Blues with the art in a cartoon by World War II legend Bill Mauldin. You’ll notice a big difference in artistic style. War-comics ...
How to carry a rifle is a skill she learned in the Marine Corps. How to carry a torch is a habit she acquired all by herself. In Teresa Fazio’s first book, Fidelis, the woman with a doctorate in materials science and a master’s in writing ...
