4. Late To Formation: Combat Medic Training
Bravo Company 232 Medical Battalion Fort Sam Houston, Texas March 2009 Chapter XVIII “Cocaine and Cadre” On my second time through...
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Derwin Lester II
- Feb 6
- 13 min
3. Late To Formation: Fort Gordon, Georgia
Chapter XI “Rear Detachment” It was May of 2007 when I left Fort Lee with a win. I was back on track, thankfully. When I got to Fort...
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Derwin Lester II
- Jan 30
- 6 min
2.5. Late To Formation: Unit Supply Course
Chapter IX "A Nice Hotel." March 2007 When I left San Antonio, I was hungry for a win. Because I had just lost. When you spend most of...
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Derwin Lester II
- Jan 23
- 7 min
2. Late To Formation: Advanced Individual Training
Chapter VII “As the nation goes, so goes it’s military.” Jan 2007 Golf Company, 232 Medical Battalion (Reception) Fort Sam Houston, Texas...
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Derwin Lester II
- Jan 9
- 14 min
1. Late To Formation: Basic Combat Training
Chapter I Fort Sill, Oklahoma Fall 2006 My father enlisted in the Marine Reserves. My step-grandfather was drafted into Vietnam out of...
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Derwin Lester II
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
A Novel Commentary #6: The Thin Line of Life
In 2009 my father and I became writing partners. I was deployed to Iraq and would call home from these little phone trailers. He was...
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Derwin Lester II
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
A Novel Commentary #5: Veterans of the Belron War
COB Adder, Iraq Spring 2010 When I got to Iraq, I switched from soda to coffee, since it was just as much caffeine with none of the...
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Derwin Lester II
- Nov 7, 2022
- 3 min
A Novel Commentary #4: A Slice of Death
Carmicheal’s Nickle This early version was called Carmichael Nickel, and the name came from a soldier named Carmichael. She asked me for...
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Derwin Lester II
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Tales of a Liberated Earth: For want of an apple.
James Norman Mattis grew up in the unincorporated Washington Territory of the Pacific Northwest. During his many weeks as a young man...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Tales of a Liberated Earth: All Men Created Equal
We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal. That was tattooed on his left arm, since David was a boy in...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Tales of a Liberated Earth: A block to keep the knife sharp.
Year: 1912 First year of Liberation Location: The ruins of Chicago General Arthur MacArthur stood behind William Howard Taft as he signed...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Tales of a Liberated Earth: Release Valve
The wages of poverty are death, Trevor Carmicheal didn't want to pay the tab. He clawed out of the Lower Caste and found an Upper Caste...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 31, 2022
- 6 min
A Novel Commentary #3: The Liberation of Earth
The original working title was, "One thousand years after we lost." The core concept was the same. A young guy grows up on earth under...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 24, 2022
- 6 min
A Novel Commentary #2: The Forever Sleep
In 2007, I was stationed in Fort Gordon, GA as a 20-year-old private first class. A Staff Sergeant named Tony found me during the day and...
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Derwin Lester II
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
A Novel Commentary #1: When They Come For You
I wrote the first draft of When They Come For You, on a laptop in the medic office in Iraq, way back in 2009. It was a biproduct of the b...
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