Weekend Reading Assignment
Creative writing from the Harding Project!
Happy Friday, Hardos! For our Weekend Reading Assignment this Friday, we are doing something a little different. We’ve decided to publish a short piece of creative writing from one of our guest authors, Kyle McCarter.
Moving forward, our Fridays will feature a roll-up of articles from the week, kind of like an ICYMI column.
However, if you’d like to see more creative writing, please let us know! Drop us a note at submissions@hardingproject.com, or click the button below:
Happy Fri-yay!
Should It Have Been Me
Another Year Comes
And Another Year Goes By
Yet Here I Am Still
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One More Counseling
One More Evaluation
One More Promotion
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New Orders Are Here
Uproot the Family Now
Move Across the Globe
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Another New Job
And A New Steep Learning Curve
Just Read My Doctrine
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Take Ownership Now
New Responsibility
I am Needed Here
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It Is Time for War
Are We Really Ready Now
Always More Lives Lost
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A Hard New Lesson
But Is It Really That New
We Were Not Prepared
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It Should Have Been Known
We Learned This Lesson Before
How Did I Fail Them
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It Is Time to Go
Time To See My Family
Is That Even Just
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One More Counseling
One More Evaluation
One More Promotion
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Another Year Comes
And Another Year Goes By
Yet Here I Am Still
MAJ Kyle F. McCarter is a Military Intelligence Officer serving as the Chief of Staff for the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, U.S. Army Pacific. He has spent much of his career overseas in multinational missions and organizations. Three of his five deployments were during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan as a Lieutenant in a Light Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
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