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A person writing on pieces of paper with a notebook nearby

Trying something new (or is it old?)

My Grandpa Shipman as a young Marine in the 1940s

Veterans Day 2025

Jim Carrey types frantically on his computer's keyboard

Mack Hawthorne Status

A screenshot taken in the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge

Playing the Holiday Hack Challenge

two army helmets with camouflage coverers

Learning about PTSD is rough

A person gestures emphatically in front of a board with notes pinned to it and lines drawn between many of the notes

Keeping track of the story details