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31 results in articles and videos for “marine corps”
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Why I write everything down
I logged millions of dollars of Marine Corps comms gear by hand. That habit became a publishing system. Here is my five section daily log, free to copy.
- ArticleEast Texas
Kenneth Travis Held On for 50 Minutes and 4 Seconds. East Texas Should Know His Name.
A Longview Marine, mortgage CEO and coworking owner set the Guinness World Record for the longest straight arm plank. Here is who he is and how to reach him.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
What leading Marines taught me about running a business
I led 25 to 35 Marines in Okinawa and never saw combat. Five habits carried into business, plus the seven step Monday brief template you can copy today.
- ArticleLegal Filings
They Told Me to Stay Silent. It Was Costing Me Everything.
I tried to comply with a no-posting order and it nearly sank my family: lost income, overdue rent, a negative bank balance. Then I realized a blanket speech ban is an unconstitutional prior restraint. Why I started posting again — to earn a
- ArticleReflection
How to talk to a veteran about hard days
Five things to say and five things to skip, from a Marine who needed both. Presence over advice, questions over assumptions. Screenshot the card and keep it.
- ArticleReflection
When the Plan Died at 2 AM
Every storm I worked, the plan died in the first hour. Roads went under, radios failed, teams split. The ninety second reset that got us moving again.
- ArticleLegal Filings
I Called Harrison County to Report the Harassment. Then I Waited.
I reported ongoing online harassment to the Harrison County Sheriff's Office on the evening of May 12, 2026 — handed over the receipts, asked for equal justice under the law, and offered to cooperate fully. Three weeks later: silence. Here'
- ArticleTexas & Community
Hurricane Season Peaks September 10. Here Is What I Actually Keep Packed.
The Atlantic season peaks September 10 and runs through November. A search and rescue veteran on what stays packed in the truck, when to leave, and the honest limits of rescue.
- ArticleReflection
The Five Minute Flag
The flag goes up before the phone comes on. Why a five minute morning ritual steadies a man, plus five two minute anchors you can start tomorrow.
- ArticleLegal Spotlight
"Hope You Don't Die": The D.C. Jail Officers Who Should Be Investigated
A first-person account of the corruption, abuse, and torture I witnessed inside the D.C. Department of Corrections — and the officers who need to answer for it.
- ArticleReflection
Sweat Equity Saturday
One hour of real work leaves the job done and your head quieter. Here is the sweat equity menu of seven projects that pay you twice. Pick one and go.
- PhotoPersonal
A Marine, a flood rescuer, a J6 target — and this week I'm asking for help.
**Before I ask you for anything, let me tell you who's asking.** I'm Ryan Nichols. I served in the United States Marine Corps. I built a business with my own two hands. And when Hurricane Harvey drowned Houston, I didn't watch it on TV — I
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast
I published 33 articles in May and 112 in July. The speed in July was bought in May. Here is the 20 minute Sunday planning method, written out step by step.
- ArticleReflection
I Do Not Owe Anybody a Finished Version of Me
Healing in public means telling the truth about the middle. Ryan Nichols on PTSD, faith as endurance, and why he will not perform a finished recovery.
- ArticleReflection
September Used to Belong to Somebody Else
For years my calendar belonged to other people. Freedom did not arrive as a party. It arrived as an empty square, and I had no idea what to put in it.
- ArticleHistory & Service
I Got a VA Denial Letter Last Week. Here Is What I Am Doing About It.
Three VA decision review lanes, the one year clock, and free accredited help. A Marine veteran on what the denial letter does not tell you in plain English.
- ArticleLocal investigations
“I Will Come to You”: The Facebook Exchange I’m Putting on the Record
Screenshots document a Facebook dispute over reported allegations involving Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur and Mike Jones later writing to Ryan Nichols, “I will come to you!!!”
- ArticleBehind the scenes
The typhoon checklist
The Marines on Okinawa ran a numbered typhoon countdown starting 72 hours out. Here is that same system rewritten for your house, room by room, printable.
- ArticleReflection
Genesis 50:20 in the hard middle
Joseph did not have the verse in the pit. He had the pit. Three practices for holding on in the hard middle, when the promise has not landed yet.
- ArticleReflection
Calm Is Not the Same Thing as Numb
Numb looks exactly like calm from across the room. Here is how I tell the difference now, and what actually moved it: work with an end to it, water, and one honest conversation.
- ArticleRebuild
Squaring It Away Before a Week I Cannot Reschedule
You stage before the storm. Getting the businesses squared away ahead of a week I do not get to move, and why being present is an output of a system, not a decision you make in the moment.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Outdoor Rule of Leaving One Place Better
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through stewardship, a safe 30-minute shoreline practice and one visible act of care.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Quiet Discipline of Getting Ready Before the Water
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through preparation, honest maintenance and one useful next step before the water.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Discipline of Reading the Sky
Ryan Nichols’ rescue history points to a practical rebuilding rhythm: prepare, observe and serve—safely, without treating outdoor activity as medical care.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Daniel Ray Caldwell J6 Case Record: Detention, One-Count Plea, 68-Month Sentence and Full Pardon
Daniel Ray Caldwell’s verified J6 record: arrest, detention ruling, seven charged counts, one felony plea, 68-month sentence, and full pardon.
- ArticleJanuary 6
Thomas Webster J6 Case Record: Trial, 10-Year Sentence, Full Pardon and Denied Vacatur
Thomas Webster’s verified January 6 case record: six-count jury verdict, 10-year sentence, 2024 appeal, full 2025 pardon and denied 2026 vacatur request.
- ArticleFamily
The Kind of Man My Kids Need Me to Be
Being a dad broke my pride wide open. In the best way. It made me grow up faster than the Marine Corps ever did. Here's something I had to learn the hard way. Your kids don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be present, honest, and
- PhotoWall of Shame
The Receipts Wall: Every threat, slur, and "deserve life in prison" comment X let stay up against me. In 24 hours.
**This is every threat, slur, and "you deserve life in prison" comment X allowed to stay up against me in the last 24 hours — receipts, names, timestamps, and dissection.** My account is locked. Theirs are not. The asymmetry is the whole st
- PhotoLocal investigations
Sheriff BJ Fletcher allows dangerous illegals to operate freely in Harrison County. He must be removed and replaced.
**Tonight, May 22, 2026.** An Obama-appointed federal judge in the Middle District of Tennessee — **U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.** — **DISMISSED** the federal human-trafficking case against **Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia** (
- PhotoJ6
Judge Hogan, on the record: "I accept your argument that his due process rights were violated."
A senior federal judge looked at how I was being held before any trial, called it "terrible," and said — out loud, on the record — that my due process rights had been violated. Then I went back to my cell and stayed there. That is not my ch
- PhotoJ6
Don't forget Michael Lopatic this Memorial Day — a Beirut Marine I knew in the DC Jail.
This Memorial Day, I want to tell you about a man most of the country never heard of — and the few who did only got the worst version of him: **Michael Lopatic.** I knew him. We were locked up together in Washington, D.C. after January 6. S
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All 6IGP Complaint 8/26/22: Cpl Carter sleep deprivation torture techniques
…re techniques previously heard about in PoW training in the Marine Corps. Witnessed by Kenneth Harrelyn 377692.
Habeas Corpus petition — page 7 (Ellen DeGeneres / PTSD diagnosis section)
…tic Stress Disorder (paragraphs 22-26): PTSD developed from Marine Corps service and SAR missions, well-documented diagnosis pre-Jan…
Marine veteran Andrew Cavanaugh sentencing profile
Military.com report concerning Cavanaugh’s Marine Corps service and probationary January 6 sentence.