It began on Feb. 20, 2022. It ended on Nov. 9, 2025. It lasted 1,359 days.
When this column began more than 3 1/2 years ago, I pledged to provide content relevant to our military veteran community. Hopefully, I have done just that.
The goal of Behind Friendly Lines was to take veterans, spouses, family members, caregivers and survivors beyond the bureaucracy that is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and offer a perspective that made the behemoth VA seem, well, not so overwhelming…