I visited my parents in Greenville, SC not too long ago and became snowed in while visiting. Anybody who has lived in the southeast understands how much even an inch of snow disrupts everything. On a Sunday night we received 6.5 inches of snow, breaking the one-day record of 5.7…

I spent the summer between my junior and senior year of college working on a cattle and hay operation in Salida, Colorado. Imagining that most of my time would be spent rounding up cattle on horseback, I was surprised to learn that the majority of my time would be spent…

At age nine my dad asked me if I wanted to try Tae Kwon Do. …

My wife and I put in an offer to buy a house last night without ever seeing it in person or a having an inspection done. If you had told me a few years ago that we would be doing this, I would have laughed. …

Sitting with my back against a tree, I winced in pain as my hamstrings convulsed simultaneously. I laughed with new friends though as I sipped on a sports drink, because accomplishing what I had set out to do 18 months earlier made me not care about cramping up. After playing…

Here’s a tip for anyone who feels like their world is chaotic right now: As an instructor for a special operations unit selection program, one of the staples was the “no-notice” wake-up. …

I was the richest man in the world. After finishing a summer working on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska, I had $10,000 in my pocket and no obligations or responsibilities. A friend from the boat joined me on a ten-day road trip exploring Alaska, after which I flew into…

I awoke with a start with the darkness encompassing everything around me. While I initially did not know where I was, the bone-numbing cold served as a chilling reminder. We were on our fourth day of a field training exercise in Norway. I was in the Allied Winter Warfare Course…