A Round-up of Our May 2025 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• Literary Journal Publishes Memorial Day Issue

• Review Editors Celebrate 250 years of the U.S. Army

• Lit-Arts Org Changes Name to 'Mission Belonging'

• Airborne-Themed Press Delivers Genres & Edit Services

• Air & Space Journal Returns to Previous Name

• Change of Command at 'Divergent Options'

• Lit-Journal Launches 10th Annual Col. Darron L. Wright Awards

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ARCHIVE IMAGE: CAMP RIPLEY, MINNESOTA—Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, conduct live-fire mortar training at Camp Ripley, Minn., during an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities (XCTC) rotation on July 25, 2024. Indirect-fire soldiers are responsible for operating and maintaining mortars to provide indirect-fire support, including setting up, loading, firing mortars, and calculating accurate firing data using fire-direction equipment and techniques. Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Armani Wilson