Author bio (brief) Sergeant First Class RET William A. Stephens Jr., a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, born and raised. He has 38+ years honorable military and civilian experience as a Field Artillery Senior Sergeant and personal Security Specialist for the civilian government.
He suffers from major depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar I and bipolar II disorder.
He is honorably retired from the military and the civilian government as well as a 100% protected combat wounded veteran.
His military friends know him as Battle, he is Father, Friend, a mentor as well as a motivator and an influencer most of all he has a shoulder that you can cry on about your problems.



He is the author of this publications reviewed by the US book review. THE MIRROR BLACK EDITION ( therapeutic poetry) This book is for anyone who is transitioning from the military to the civilian life or sector or anyone veteran or civilian suffering from any type of mental health conditions or traumatic injuries or illnesses.

THE BROKEN MIRROR EST 2024 is a continuation of the first book THE MIRROR EST. 2018. WINNER in the Military Self-HelP and Self Development CAT INTERNATIONAL IMPACT BOOK AWARD March 2025. Nominated for the prestigious ERIC HOFFER AWARD 2025. I wanted to continue the journey of this broken bond between myself and my teenage daughter, as well as my transition from military to civilian life.

I have been deployed various locations around the world, several combat deployments.

I have suffered with CPTS and PTSD. If this book can help anyone who is at a point in their life where they don’t wanna be here anymore. I hope that a story or a poem or some quote will let you live another day. Everybody has trauma, and if you don’t have it, you eventually will.
Please take the time to come along with me on this journey that has taken me to Hell and back.

The voice of the voiceless ♠️