July 5, 2019 By: Ali Elizabeth Turner It may seem like quite a stretch to think of a battle-hardened Marine as being a...
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All Things Soldier Archives
All Things Soldier: Voices Of Service Helps Audiences Heal
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On the evening of Tuesday, June 18, I was working on Athens Now articles and had...
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All Things Soldier: D-Day, A Decision To Defy The Demonic
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner June 6th marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most miraculous military campaigns in human...
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If The Americans Make A Move, We Will Hit Them In The Head
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner In 2015, I had the privilege of hearing John Bolton speak at a National Religious Broadcasters’...
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All Things Soldier: Stewart And The Synagogue Shooter
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Attacks on places of worship are becoming commonplace both in the United States and abroad. It...
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All Things Soldier: The Last Of The Dolittles Has Departed
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner WWII history is loaded with true tales of fantastic bravery, and among the most famous is...
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All Things Soldier: Chayal El Chayal
By: Ali ElizabethTurner As happens often, Israel has been under attack…again, and the Gaza border was closed. The result is...
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All Things Soldier: “Veteranpreneurs” Thriving In “The Tank”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Vets are used to facing down threats, but few things can be more daunting than fighting...
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Stasi Stumped, Reputations Restored
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Forty years ago in Cold War Germany, the Stasi set up some United States Air Force...
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All Things Soldier: A Bronco For A Boy
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner In 2007, a brave Marine by the name of Nicholas Walsh fell in Fallujah, leaving behind...
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All Things Soldier: Selecting The Service Member Of The Year
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Every year, the Military Charity Organization selects a member from each of our nation’s military branches...
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All Things Soldier: “The Time Is Always Right To Do Right”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner This is the season when our country celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, and...
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All Things Soldier: “We’re Not Broken, We Don’t Need To Be Fixed. … We Just Need Each Other”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner “Finally!” I wanted to holler as I sat and read in the kitchen of Keep Athens-Limestone...
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All Things Soldier: “I Have My Limbs. I Have My Life”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On the first of February, 2006, not very far from my camp in Iraq, a brave...
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All Things Soldier: The Battle Of Bladensburg
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The year 2018 has been an interesting one when it comes to monuments as they intersect...
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All Things Soldier: A Bittersweet Send-off
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On Sunday, November 4, “just up the road a piece” in Murfreesboro, TN, a 69-year-old Vietnam...
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All Things Soldier: Voting, Vets, And Veterans’ Day 2018
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner November is here, and in a few days two very important events are going to take...
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All Things Soldier: McSally And Sinema
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I don’t really like getting involved in Congressional races outside of our fair state, but when,...
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All Things Soldiers: The Tale Of Ami And Andrew
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Over the years, I have said several times that if someone is running for office, and...
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All Things Soldier: Marines Make Short Work Of Rescuing Seniors From A Burning Building
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner This has been a week wherein it seems like our society has reached a new low,...
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