A junior Military Historian. In 2018 I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. I'm also a professional student, specializing in Cold War era military history and American aviation history. I have composed several publications over the last four years, and continue to publish writings and photos to various journals, publishers, and blogs - including this one.
In April of 2008, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was well underway across Afghanistan and neighboring regions. The campaign had been launched in response of a coordinated terrorist attack on American soil on 11 September 2001. The situation in the Afghani territory of Helmand in early April of 2008 was thatContinue Reading
Title: Teaching History Type: Presentation Date: Friday, 22 January 2021 Time: 19:00 CDT – 20:00 CDT Location: The Havoc on Twitch Streaming: HistoryKid Live Stream Availability: Open to the Public History is a fickle thing. She is not a kind mistress nor a peaceful one. For many young peopleContinue Reading
Title: From the Shadows: The SR-71 Blackbird Type: Presentation Date: Friday, 27 November 2020 Time: 18:00 CDT – 19:00 CDT Location: The Havoc on Twitch Streaming: HistoryKid Live Stream Availability: Open to the Public The SR-71 Blackbird is perhaps one of the most iconic aircraft from the Cold War era. Continue Reading
As I am sure most of you know by now, it’s been really quiet around The Havoc for the past few months. I have been holding back a lot of content that needs to get posted and been trying to build up the On Air component of the site forContinue Reading
Title: The Ghosts of Quarters One Type: Presentation Date: Friday, 9 October 2020 Time: 18:00 CDT – 19:00 CDT Location: The Havoc on Twitch Streaming: HistoryKid Live Stream Availability: Open to the Public Nestled into the banks of Arsenal Island in the Mississippi River, Quarters One has a richContinue Reading
The article below is a succeeding article that approaches art in the Vietnam War from a different perspective from it’s sister. This one was drafted my senior year at a totally different institution from the first, and includes a few more nuances of my current stance on subject matter. Again,Continue Reading
The article listed below is what I like to call, evidence of education through trial and error. This was composed my second year of undergrad – at a university that offered no military history courses and barely afforded any honor or homage to the military profession. It has a sisterContinue Reading
Title: She was called Annie: The History of the Triple Threat Weapon Type: Presentation Date: Saturday, 12 September 2020 Time: 18:00 CDT – 19:00 CDT Location: The Havoc on Twitch Streaming: HistoryKid Live Stream Availability: Open to the Public Presentation Slide Deck: THON.PPT.200910.001 This event has already occurred andContinue Reading
Greetings and salutations one and all. I hope everyone has had a great August. Here at Havoc HQ it has blown by in more ways than one. I have a few updates to share, a couple of apologies to make, and some updates on what we have going on inContinue Reading
On Monday 10 August 2020, a severe weather event known as a derecho raced across Iowa, Illinois, and into parts of states adjacent. In the wake of that storm, tens to hundreds of thousands of people (myself included) were without power. Some still are. The economic, business, and agricultural damageContinue Reading
