After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.

“I think if you talk to any well-trained small-unit infantry guy, whether an experienced NCO or up through captain, they'll tell you that when they move through civilian life—when they're driving through, say, a town—they endlessly are thinking about how they would do various tactical things in that environment.”

That quote above describes how I have kept my wallet and my scalp in Baltimore, by forcing myself to feel that way. I have read C.J.’s work before and like it, and this article is a virtual bibliography of his major pieces with links.

I’ll miss his reporting. But it’s nice to hear he is getting out of reporting on the never ending war. That job must devour you in some way. I like C.J.’s perspective on war reporting. He and Sebastion Junger are my favorite reporters. Check him out at the link below.