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In The Long Walk, Brian Castner writes about his three Middle East deployments while in the Air Force, during which he became commander of an explosive ordnance disposal unit. He and his squad endured the extreme tension and danger of bomb removal in an active combat zone. Castner now lives near Buffalo with his wife and four sons, but the memories of war still linger. . . . more »

“Soldier’s heart”, “shell shock”, “battle fatigue”, the “thousand-yard stare”. The difficult adjustment to civilian life required by soldiers returning from deployment is not a new phenomenon. However, several factors distinguish today’s veterans from their predecessors. Our world has changed, the threats of the 21st century are different, and today’s battles require new ways of fighting. The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been characterized by . . . more »

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FOOD is a topic of great interest to just about everyone. For this reason, SCCLD has put together an excellent series of programs called Focus on Food. We want people to see that the library is a great place to get reliable and up-to-date information about healthy cooking and eating, the locavore movement, sustainable agriculture and many other related topics. Focus on Food, which . . . more »

Brian Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team—his brothers—would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, . . . more »