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The Mat Never Ends: Honor Beyond the Steps
Paperback
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Publisher Price: $21.99
Publisher: Ironpath Publishing
Published: Nov 11 2025
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Book Description:
The Mat Never Ends is a powerful, unflinching memoir by former Tomb Guard and combat veteran SSG (R) Joseph L. Hull, LCSW, who invites readers to walk beside him through the sacred silence of Arlington National Cemetery to the hidden battlefields of the mind.
Blending raw honesty with reflective depth, Hull recounts his journey from standing watch over America's Unknown Soldiers to confronting the invisible wounds carried home from war. Through discipline, loss, and purpose, he explores the question faced by every veteran: what happens when the mission ends, but the fight continues within?
Written with the precision of a soldier and the heart of a therapist, this memoir transcends military experience. It's a story of brotherhood, endurance, and rediscovering meaning beyond the uniform. For anyone who has ever wrestled with identity, trauma, or the search for peace after service, The Mat Never Ends is a testament that duty, like healing, never truly ends; it evolves.
Key Themes:
- The sacred honor of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Post-service identity and the psychology of purpose
- PTSD, resilience, and the path to mental healing
- Brotherhood, leadership, and sacrifice
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