Mac Caltrider is a staff writer for Coffee or Die Magazine. He served in the US Marine Corps and is a former police officer. Caltrider earned his bachelor’s degree in history and now reads anything he can get his hands on. He is also the creator of Pipes & Pages, a site intended to increase readership among enlisted troops. Caltrider spends most of his time reading, writing, and waging a one-man war against premature hair loss.
The fog hangs low, a cool blanket pulled tight over the cornfields. Peaking through the haze, a tall, dark silhouette of a man holding binoculars becomes exposed with the sunrise. The bronze figure is Gen. John Buford, the famed cavalryman who ...
Stewart Lee Allen’s travel book, The Devil’s Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee, is much more than a story about a drink. This book is a must-read for coffee fanatics as well as history buffs. By following the discovery of the coffee ...
There is a bottomless pit of self-help books claiming that by flipping through their pages one will miraculously transform into a “warrior.” They are books about sharpening your warrior mindset, unleashing your inner Viking, and morphing into a ...
Clad in dress blues, the six Marines sidestepped in perfect unison, working together to support the weight of the flag-draped casket held between them. The brass of their buttons gleamed in the early morning light of Nov. 20, 2019. Rows of white ...
Beginning a military career can be one of the most exciting steps in one's life. At the same time, this milestone can also be pretty daunting. The responsibilities that accompany a military career are magnified when one chooses the officer path. For ...
Spike Lee’s 2020 film, Da 5 Bloods, now streaming on Netflix, is hard to pin down to one genre. Part war movie, part comedy, and part treasure hunt, Da 5 Bloods, above all else, is a social commentary that forces us to examine our country’s ...
