Part I. Beyond the military-civilian divide: understanding veterans : Veterans in college writing classes : understanding and embracing the mutual benefit / Sean Morrow & Alexis Hart -- Uniform meets rhetoric : excellence through interaction / Angie Mallory & Doug Downs -- Not Just "Yes sir, no sir" : how genre and agency interact in student-veteran writing / Sue Doe & Erin Hadlock -- Faculty as first responders: willing but unprepared / Linda S. De La Ysla ; Part II. Veterans and public audiences : "I have to speak out" : writing with veterans in a community writing group / Eileen E. Schell & Ivy Kleinbart -- Closer to home : veterans' workshops and the materiality of writing / Karen Springsteen -- Signature wounds : marking and medicalizing post-9/11 veterans / Tara Wood -- Exploring student-veteran expectations about composing : motivations, purposes, and the influence of trauma on composing practices / Ashly Bender ; Part III. Veteran-friendly composition practices : Recognizing silence : composition, writing, and the ethical space for war / Roger Thompson -- A new mission : veteran-led learning communities in the basic writing classroom / Ann Shivers McNair -- The value of service-learning for student veterans : transitioning to academic cultures through writing and experiential learning / Bonnie Selting -- "Front and center" : Marine student-veterans, collaboration, and the writing center / Corrine E. Hinton.