Brandon Lingle’s work appears in The New York Times, TIME, The North American Review, Guernica, Epiphany, Slate.com, National Geographic.com, Narrative, and elsewhere. His essays are notables in The Best American Essays 2010 and 2013. An active-duty Air Force officer, he's served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the Art Director and Nonfiction Editor of War, Literature & the Arts. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense or United States government