A Round-up of Our September 2025 Coverage!

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ICYMI: OUR LATEST MONTHLY SALVO!

• ‘Beyond the Trenches’ WWI History Event is Oct. 24-25, 2025

• Veterans Writing Workshop & Book Prize Announcement Nov. 7-9, 2025

• 31st Annual Mil-Writers Event is Oct. 27-28, 2025

• FREE ‘Verses for Vets’ Workshop is Sept. 25, 2025

• Watchdog Takes Shots at New Owners of Military.com

• ‘So Say We All’ Founder & Director Steps Down

• Fordham Workshop Info Remains Unconfirmed

• 2026 Mil-Writing Anthology Deadline Announced

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IMAGE: CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF.—U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicles during Exercise Cobra Fury 25.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2025. Cobra Fury 25.2 is an annual exercise designed to improve the battalion’s ability to deploy artillery and HIMARS to provide accurate, long-range fire in key terrain. Photo by Lance Cpl. Ruby Centeno