The Havok Journal seeks to serve as the voice of the Veteran community through a focus on current affairs and articles of interest to the public in general, and the Veteran community in particular. Editor Scott Faith joins us for a discussion about PTSD. Havok Journal authors come principally from the military and first responder community and their opinions on this topic are divergent.  Many consider PTSD as the “third rail” of the Veteran community.   In the article “Why I’ve Become Skeptical of PTSD Claims..and Why You Should be Too” Scott discusses how financial and cultural incentives and misdiagnosis [...]

The Ride for Relief was borne from Jeff Shepard’s method of dealing with the trauma he experienced as a police officer and firefighter. The Ride for Relief features a nationwide tour of press conferences taking place in police and fire departments. Jeff's objective is to help reduce first responder suicides and increase health and wellness support within departments across the country. Police Officer & Firefighter Jeff Shepard Jeff served as a police officer for 10 years and a firefighter for 7. During his time wearing the badge he both witnessed and experienced a great amount of trauma.  In [...]

Breaking Homicide airs Mondays on the Investigation Discovery Network. The show is produced by retired police detective Derrick Levasseur and chronicles the work of Derrick and partner forensic psychologist Kris Mohandle. Together they work cold case murder files in order to help bring closure to desperate family members. Hired at only 20 years old, Derrick was one of the youngest officers in the history of the Central Falls, Rhode Island police department.  In addition to patrol duties, he worked with various federal agencies as an undercover detective and earned numerous awards including the Medal of Valor – the highest honor [...]

Jeff Bosley Jeff Bosley has faced tougher challenges than trying to make it big as an actor. He has served as a Green Beret medic and a firefighter so his “spectrum of suck” is probably wider that others in Hollywood. Like most of his generation, Jeff grew up playing with GI Joes and watching action films. He began his college career studying medicine and taking a few acting courses, but military service was always in the back of his mind. When 9/11 happened it gnawed at his conscious so much that he enlisted even though he was almost [...]

The war on terror is, thankfully, an abstract to many of us. We owe that to persons like Thomas Pecora. Thomas Pecora He spent 25 years with the Central Intelligence Agency – most of it as a member of their Protective Operations Cadre.  The POC was formed in response to the 1989 assassination of military advisor James “Nick” Rowe by terrorists in the Philippines. His new book “Guardian; Life in the Crosshairs of the CIA’s War on Terror” recounts his experiences in some of the most dangerous places on the planet. As one can imagine, the manuscript had [...]

The Cold Blue is a stunning new documentary film that gives viewers a glimpse, in vivid detail, of the lives of the 8th Air Force as they flew incredibly dangerous missions during World War II.  The Cold Blue debuts June 6th on HBO. Erik Nelson is the producer and director of The Cold Blue and joins us to share his thoughts. Erik says that “..all too often history has been reduced to clichés or black and white images that immediately distance us from the past.” Erik was searching the national archives for color film from the war and found 34 [...]