Find Inspiration Within the TAPS Magazine

TAPS Magazine is dedicated to America's fallen heroes and their surviving families and friends. 

This quarterly magazine is sent free of charge to anyone interested in receiving it, including survivors, service members, supporters, and grief professionals. Subscribe to the TAPS Magazine.

The articles in each edition are written by military survivors, grief professionals, and TAPS staff. We hope you find inspiration, comfort, support, resources, and a sense of belonging within these pages. 

 

Share Your Story

Your stories can bring hope and healing to our TAPS families. If you would like to share a story about your loved one or your grief journey, we would love to hear from you. All submissions will be considered for TAPS Magazine, our stories, and other TAPS publications. We invite you to read our submission policy and submit your story

 

Submit Your Experience to Dear TAPS

If you would like to share a short statement for print in our Dear TAPS section of the TAPS Magazine on how a TAPS program, event and/or resource has helped you heal, complete our Dear TAPS submission form.

 

Latest Magazine Articles

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Dressed Blues

An Air Force Veteran and surviving sister captures her final goodbye to her brother in poetry.

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A Lonely Cross

A story of how one town in Cherryfield, Maine carries their fallen heroes' legacies, says their names, and keeps their memories alive.

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Hindsight Is 20/20

Our vision looking forward at the start of our grief journey can seem blurry and near-sighted. A father takes a look back at his post-traumatic growth.

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Reaching New Heights with TAPS

TAPS Education Support Services is available to support surviving family members of all ages as they pursue their educational goals.

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Finding Our Way With Ford

TAPS families participated in the Ford Proud to Honor: Bronco Off-Roadeo event hosted by Ford Motor Company and Blue Star Families.

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Why I'm Here

A surviving fiancée decides to fight through her painful recovery and make her loved one's life worth living in this incredible story towards healing.

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I Never Said Goodbye

U.S. Air Force Veteran's poetic tribute of this special man and the influence he had on his life.