/tags/iraq-war Iraq War en-US Copyright Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:20:00 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-11/the-after-veteran-explores-re-adjustment-civilian-life-veterans-day-military-writer Iraq War veteran and UNC-Wilmington creative writing professor Michael Ramos says he is not a "war hero." And he isn't a "victim" either. He is a writer, with a new collection of essays that cut apart common assumptions of veterans. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:20:00 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-11/the-after-veteran-explores-re-adjustment-civilian-life-veterans-day-military-writer Jeff Tiberii, Cole del Charco /show/due-south/2024-04-11/in-the-after-a-veteran-explores-his-re-adjustment-to-civilian-life Iraq War veteran, and UNC-Wilmington creative writing professor, Michael Ramos is not a "war hero." And he isn't a "victim" either. He is a writer, with a new collection of essays that cut apart common assumptions of veterans. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:02:34 GMT /show/due-south/2024-04-11/in-the-after-a-veteran-explores-his-re-adjustment-to-civilian-life Jeff Tiberii, Cole del Charco /military/2023-10-17/alive-day-memories-wartime-constantine-sniper-iraq Marine Corps Lt. Col. Justin Constantine barely survived a 2006 sniper attack in Iraq. Yet it鈥檚 nearly impossible to list all the things he accomplished after being wounded. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:56:23 GMT /military/2023-10-17/alive-day-memories-wartime-constantine-sniper-iraq Jay Price /military/2021-01-15/nc-military-voices-tarsha-burroughs Raleigh resident and Purple Heart veteran Tarsha Burroughs decided to join the Army Reserves after studying education. She was in the middle of teaching a鈥� Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:00:44 GMT /military/2021-01-15/nc-military-voices-tarsha-burroughs Elizabeth Friend /military/2021-01-11/nc-military-voices-ted-and-brittany-corcoran When Ted Corcoran joined the Army in 2000, he needed a steady job and a place to live. "I wish I had a noble reason for joining the military, but in鈥� Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:06:26 GMT /military/2021-01-11/nc-military-voices-ted-and-brittany-corcoran Elizabeth Friend /arts-culture/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera鈥� Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:07:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Chuck Liddy stumbled into a career as a photojournalist after he found out he could walk into high school football games for free if he had a camera鈥� Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:07:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-04/photojournalist-chuck-liddy-stayed-in-front-of-the-news-from-behind-the-camera Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /military/2019-05-27/purple-heart-veteran-helps-others-pick-up-the-pieces Kevin Rumley had a near-picturesque upbringing that he describes being like a 1950s Disney movie. Growing up in Fairfax, Virginia, Rumley and his two鈥� Mon, 27 May 2019 16:06:13 GMT /military/2019-05-27/purple-heart-veteran-helps-others-pick-up-the-pieces Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-27/purple-heart-veteran-helps-others-pick-up-the-pieces Kevin Rumley had a near-picturesque upbringing that he describes being like a 1950s Disney movie. Growing up in Fairfax, Virginia, Rumley and his two鈥� Mon, 27 May 2019 16:06:13 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-27/purple-heart-veteran-helps-others-pick-up-the-pieces Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /military/2018-04-13/ft-bragg-stories-you-could-get-in-trouble The start of the Iraq War in 2003 divided the country and mobilized a new anti-war movement. Josh Groll was in middle school at the time. His parents were鈥� Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:59:40 GMT /military/2018-04-13/ft-bragg-stories-you-could-get-in-trouble Elizabeth Friend