Benjamin Fortier

Poetry Book Review: Sangin - Then and Now (by Neville Johnson) published February 10 by Dead Reckoning Collective

It’s hard for me not to react emotionally to the news of Sarah Cavanaugh being revealed as a “stolen valor” con artist.

The new and improved page of Benjamin Fortier Welcome to my creative writing blog! Here you will find a diverse collection of my writing,...

"Enter the Dragon" Fan Fiction I had to take the beating. On all fours in the middle of the back room of the gambling parlor, I tried to...

What Happens When an 8th Grader Reads My Poetry? Their response enlightens me!

An article about how simple machines have changed the landscape of devices and hardware.

A book review of ON ASSIMILATION by Army Ranger Leo Jenkins.

It was a nighttime operation. The only mission was to look for contact. We would find it, just not in the way I had hoped.

No one cared that I had only slept five hours on the first day of our cycle conducting operations from the train station.

A review of the FOX Television Show "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test"

My online social media accounts were filled with praise for our troops (particularly the Marine Corps) for hunting down and killing insurgen

Review of "All Secure" by Tom Satterly and Steve Jackson. A Delta Force commando's tale of survival and post-traumatic stress.