A Round-up of Our July 2025 Coverage!

 

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• Editor Seeks First-Person Veteran Narratives

• Literary Journal Re-opens to Submissions

• Editor to Teach 4-week Class on Mil-SF Short Fic

• 2026 Veterans Studies Conference Issues CFP

• Black Veterans: Apply for All-Expenses-Paid Writing Seminar

• 2-Week Submissions Window Opens July 15 at MEA

• Contest Seeks Short Essays on IW in Indo-Pacific

• Muschenetz Named 'War Poetry Postcard Project' Winner

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IMAGE: CAMP SANTIAGO JOINT TRAINING CENTER, PUERTO RICO—Illumination rounds lit up the night sky as soldiers from the Puerto Rico National Guard’s 296th Infantry Battalion executed Table VI night mortar live-fire missions on July 18, 2025. The Table VI qualification is the culminating event in mortar training, testing crews on their ability to deliver accurate and timely indirect fire under realistic, low-visibility combat conditions. This advanced training enhances tactical proficiency, unit coordination, and combat readiness—ensuring soldiers are fully prepared to support real-world operations, day or night. Photo by Puerto Rico National Guard