Episode 132 Military SciFi and Free Elections

Profile On A Veteran: MSG Ethan "Skar" Skarstedt is currently serving with 1/19th SFG(A) of the Utah National Guard. He has three combat deployments with the 1/19th as a SOT-A team member and SOT-A team leader, OIFx1 and OEFx2, serving with 19th, 3rd, and 5th Group ODAs. He has participated in training and foreign internal defense operations in Korea, Senegal, and Germany. Ethan's full-time civilian job is as "Special Projects Coordinator" for Brandon Sanderson's company Dragonsteel Inc. He has been married for 27 years and has 5 children. He has previously published three short stories, one as a co-author with Brandon Sanderson "H.A.R.R.E." in the anthology ARMORED from Baen publishing as well as "Among the Apple Trees" on Small Wars Journal. He has a novel in active revision with Johsua Bilmes of the Jabberwocky Literary Agency.

Kindle copies of short stories:Amazhttps://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3AEthan++Skarstedt&s=relevancerank&text=Ethan++Skarstedt&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1on.com

H.A.R.R.E.: https://www.amazon.com/Armored-John-Joseph-Adams-ebook/dp/B00AP9CTL4/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=35ALSOPWSP3QH&keywords=armored&qid=1698284033&sprefix=armored%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-5

TRADOC writing contest Among the Apple Trees: https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/among-the-apple-trees