Jasper Craven has covered the American military and veterans’ issues for over a decade. He serves as Policy Fellow at the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute and a Reporting Fellow at Type Investigations. He is a lifetime member of the Veterans for Peace. In 2025, Craven was recognized by the National Press Foundation with their inaugural Award for Excellence in Coverage of Veterans. His reporting has also been shortlisted for the National Magazine Award, the Livingston Award, and the John Barlow Martin Award. His work has appeared in outlets including The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Politico, and The Baffler. He is the coauthor of the academic book Our Veterans. Follow him on X @Jasper_Craven. Get, God Forgives on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4fJRcfp Here's the blurb from Jasper's book: When investigative reporter Jasper Craven first dug into Valley Forge Military Academy five years ago, he uncovered an acrid strain of masculinity that was raw, violent, fiercely hierarchical, and quickly mutating out of control. Initially, he had assumed that military education was a dying, outmoded brand. But as he looked deeper, he found a sprawling, well-funded network featuring dozens of military schools, like Valley Forge and West Point, plus thousands of ROTC programs in public colleges and high schools that allowed the Pentagon to wield outsized power on education. In an unflinching narrative, Craven explores how the military has come to define American masculinity and how it often fosters its most toxic traits. Beginning with the American Revolution, Craven shows how the birth of our nation required a new masculine ideal, crafted in the image of George Washington. During the brutality of the Civil War, Craven traces the parallel violence in military hazing culture and the deeply prejudicial culture at places like West Point, which reared Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other famed Confederates.