Logan  26  |  New Jersey  |  Stationed in Iraq 2004-2005 I fell out of love with the American Dream as I watched repeated attacks at the expense of another nation and culture... Visit Logan’s Profile   Adam  26  |  Washington DC  |  Stationed in Iraq 2004 I was trained to be very callous when we need to, armed not only with M-16s and K-BARs, but also a shield with which to protect my humanity... Visit Adam’s Profile Brian  28 |  New York  |  Advanced Teams in Afghanistan 2001 I was still full of anger from the September 11th attacks. I think that as a nation, and a species, we enjoy war...  Visit Brian’s Profile D.G.  26  |  Texas  |  Stationed in Iraq 2003-2004 I still hear the garbled Arabic screams of the kid who’s jaw I took off with a lead pipe. I was trying to hit the man choking me, he ducked, I missed...  Visit D.G.’s Profile   Drew  26  |  Vermont  |  Stationed Iraq 2003 What were they thinking? What things had we done to them? I so much want to go back there, lay my rifle down, reach out my hand to them and offer some gesture of how I now feel…  Visit Drew’s Profile   Eddie  24  |  California  |  Stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq 2003-2005 I was afraid of losing my life or taking another life, but it seemed like the right thing to do, a chance to fight for freedom. I now know that war is an unjust act against humanity...  Visit Eddie’s Profile Ian  24  |  California  | Stationed in Iraq 2005 My last thought before I boarded that plane was, please let me come back. I did. I think about how I can make a positive change for those less fortunate and I look inside myself and search for peace…  View Ian’s Profile   Ryan  24  |  California  | Stationed in Iraq 2004-2005 I remember being out on line missions, searching through people’s homes, scaring the hell out of little children as I brandished a fully automatic weapon. And I remember asking myself what I had become…  View Ryan’s Profile   coming soon...   Hart  32  |  Texas  |  Stationed in Iraq 2003-2004 I am no longer afraid of war because I have won the most important one, the war over my soul. Peace to me is now conflict without violence and I live that everyday... Stay Tuned for Hart’s full profile Jason 23  |  Texas  | Stationed in Iraq 2003-2004 When you are in the midst of war, peace becomes the most desired thing. And yet it’s the hardest to achieve. Who knows how far we can get if we just try a little harder... Stay Tuned for Jason’s full profile Joanna  25  |  Texas  | Stationed in Iraq 2003-2004 Scattered Iraqi families waved and shouted for our attention, and for a moment, I believed they were shouting out of gratitude... Stay Tuned for Joanna’s full profile Tori  24  |  Texas  | Stationed in Iraq 2004-2005 History should be proof enough. A more conscious involvement in the world around us is a vital and necessary step towards peace... Stay Tuned for Tori's full profile