A Round-up of Our June 2025 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• On-Line Journal Calls for Essays, Opinions, Poetry

• Danger-Close: Darron L. Wright Contest Deadline

• Mil-Focused Journalism Contest Deadline is July 16, 2025

• Journal Focuses on Irregular Warfare & Special Ops

• CFP: "Post-9/11 Topics in Art, Poetry, Film, Games ..."

• Help Capture a "Day in the Life" of the U.S. Army

• Army Video Promotes Mil-Writing as Professional Practice

• Mil-Entertainment Site Names Editor-in-Chief

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IMAGE: FORT DIX, NY—During annual training, the mortar company of the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment hangs a 120 mm mortar round, a challenge for the shorter soldier due to the height of the tube. The mortar company fired 60mm mortars, 81mm mortars and 120mm mortars during their annual training at range 59C at ASA Fort Dix. Photo by Fort Dix Training Division's Steven Roussel