Nathan Bradley Bethea

Nathan Bradley Bethea served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army
from 2007 to 2014 and is now a creative writing MFA student at
Brooklyn College. His work has previously appeared in The Morning
News, Iowa Review and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.

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Battlefield

War Is More Than Martyrs and Patriots

Basetrack Live tells the truth about sending Americans to war, but don’t expect it to explain why we sent them.

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Epidemic

The Soldiers Who Fight Plagues

A glimpse into the dangerous job of U.S. troops going to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa from a former soldier with experience in military disaster relief operations.

Nathan Bradley Bethea

Fiction

Beast Fiction: Your Worst Day in Iraq

A short story from an army veteran about the last time U.S. soldiers were in Iraq and the impossible choices they faced there.

Nathan Bradley Bethea

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No Hero

We Lost Soldiers Hunting for Bergdahl

For years, soldiers have been forced to stay silent about the disappearance and search for Bergdahl. Now we can talk about what really happened.

Nathan Bradley Bethea