When is it too much for our military?
Never thought I’d see the day when some military leaders are bitching about too much comm. In the fast-paced swirl of modern…
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Abe Lincoln is homeward bound so we can cancel the pity party.
Hopefully the Navy has enough cheese on hand to go with all the whine being served up over…
This business of promoting, nominating and (gasp!) even electing Democratic Socialists is bad news for America. I'm hoping it's just a knee-jerk reaction or frustrated folks protesting business as usual…
Perseverance pays. Which brings this little reward to all the loyal friends and fans who flooded me with requests and recriminations while Checkpoint Delta was on a long hiatus. OK,…
There was one essential voice I wanted to interview in 2018-19 while researching my book Who’ll Stop the Rain: Respect, Remembrance, and Reconciliation in Post-Vietnam America.
A few years earlier,…
In years past, pilots were given a hearty breakfast before a wartime mission. Eggs, toast, and bacon were consumed with a healthy dose of skepticism for what lay ahead. Such…
For some unknown reason, October seems to be a particularly scary month for U.S. Marines. Maybe it’s the advent of Halloween or just bad luck of the draw, but some…
Pity the poor PFC on duty at Quantico for the Massive Military Meeting (3M) last week. When you must salute some 800 general officers streaming past your post, it’s bound…
At this point most of what’s relevant about the Charlie Kirk assassination and the assassin involved has been said. There’s nothing I can add to the din in this paltry…
DOD suffers from DOD!
And how’s that for a zinger lede? For those that are acronym challenged, I’ll explain military thinkers in our Department of Defense are struggling with what…
Duty briefs at an air station are not exciting things. I’d been to hundreds of them. A dozen or so of us, pilots and aircrew for both a C-130 Hercules…
From my perspective as a certified geezer, I keep a close eye on stuff that has to do with older Americans. It’s often a depressing drill. America is a youth-oriented…