Featured series 
Harvard and the Military
Harvard has played a significant role in America’s military traditions since the founding days of the nation, and continues its historical and ongoing commitment to military and public service, as well as its academic contributions in areas like technology, defense, and diplomacy.
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Health20 years post-invasion, many Iraq veterans haven’t found peace
Harvard doctor who directs Home Base health program details experiences treating “invisible wounds,” including efforts to keep patients from isolating.
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Nation & WorldBetween Army and Medical School, a stop in hell
Former Army captain Gregory Galeazzi discusses his time in Afghanistan, his long recovery from injury, becoming a physician, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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Nation & WorldThe day of
Former Harvard students recall the confusion and fear of 9/11, the desire to do something, and the sense that everything would be different now.
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Nation & WorldChoosing a concentration
A different kind of education awaited Joe Linhart ’03 in Iraq.
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Campus & CommunityTo support and defend the Constitution
Eleven undergraduates and one student at Harvard’s Extension School will commission as officers in the military during Commencement week.
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From Ivy to military
ROTC commissioning ceremony honors students for their “honor, courage, respect, and selfless service.”
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Over there, over here
On the Harvard campus, as many as 150 students have an untraditional academic past, as present or former members of the U.S. military, many of whom have had multiple combat tours.
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Working to lift the fog of war
Thousands of miles from his Harvard lab, Kevin Kit Parker is lugging a gun and his engineer’s sensibilities through the mountains south of Kabul, in Afghanistan’s Wardak and Logar Provinces.
