# told story (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover told story. Page: Feed: --- ## [Posting #61: The Story of the Iran War](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-61-the-story-of-the-iran) _2026-08-19 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ The story: We Americans were told a story by the Commander-in-Chief (CINC), President Trump, that on June 21, 2025, with unilateral American military attacks, Iran’s nuclear power program was “completely and totally obliterated.” Despite the insistence on “obliteration” and with Israeli forces, the CINC attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, to, once again, destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions. ## [Posting #60: The story about the health of US military members](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-60-the-story-about-the-health) _2026-08-05 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ The Story: We Americans are told the story that our military members are the fittest and healthiest of all the world’s warriors…and maybe of all Americans. ## [Posting #59: The Story of Religion in the US Military](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-59-the-story-of-religion) _2026-07-22 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ The story: The US military is popularly regarded as the most democratic of all American institutions because of its diversity and egalitarianism. ## [#58: Reposting of #48 with an addendum: The story of disobeying an order.](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/58-reposting-of-48-with-an-addendum) _2026-07-08 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ On July 1, 2026, an active-duty Air Force major, in uniform, was arrested on the US Capitol steps after he called for the impeachment of President Trump and his Vice-President, JD Vance. ## [Posting #57: American War Fiction and Masculinity](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-57-american-war-fiction-and) _2026-06-17 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ This will be another relatively short posting! ## [Posting #56 Vietnam War Plays](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-56-vietnam-war-plays) _2026-06-03 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ This will be a short posting! ## [Reposting: Posting 29: The Story of Memorial Day](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/reposting-posting-29-the-story-of) _2026-05-25 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ Reposting: The Story of Memorial Day ## [I was interviewed about my most recent book](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/i-was-interviewed-about-my-most-recent) _2026-05-14 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ I was interviewed by John Armenta at New Books Network about my most recent book, American War Stories (2021). ## [Posting #55: What’s happened since I started my leave](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-55-whats-happened-since-i) _2026-03-25 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ I paused my SoldierGirl postings at the end of November 2025 to work on two essays I had been commissioned to write for Cambridge University Press. ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/p4qJTAjKJFEa) _2026-03-25 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [Posting #54: I’m taking a leave](https://soldiergirl.substack.com/p/posting-54-im-taking-a-leave) _2025-11-26 · Brenda M. Boyle · SoldierGirl_ Since completing my first master’s in International Relations (1983) while I was on active-duty in Germany and then a master’s (1998) and PhD (2003) in English, I have made myself into an expert on the stories of the American war in Vietnam.