Veteran AF

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Combat LifeSaver Training

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One of my most vivid memories of training for Iraq was Combat LifeSaver Training. In 2008 it was a 3-day class ending with a hands-on ex...

Friday, June 6, 2014

June 6, 1944

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Let me first acknowledge that 10,000 brave men lost their lives on this date in 1944 assaulting the Normandy Coast by sea and air. I gre...

Monday, June 2, 2014

Tough Mudder vs. Ironman, Part 2

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Both times I did the Tough Mudder, this was the obstacle that showed me Tough Mudder is a team sport. At each event I ran as hard as I co...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

A Tough Life Goes On

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My first crew chief in the Air Force was a short, quiet guy named Randy with very thick glasses. They weren't quite as bad as the on...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Recruiting Souls and Soldiers, Sadly Similar: Faith in the Military, Part 15

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In His brief ministry on Earth, Our Lord was a lousy recruiter and an utter failure at marketing. In all of the Gospel accounts, Jesu...

Friday, May 9, 2014

Faith in the Military: Continuing with C.S. Lewis

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While I learned about the true, the good and the beautiful in a secular university and the weird, the bad and the ugly in Christian pop...

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Faith in the Military: Civilian Life is a Feast of Learning and a Spiritual Famine

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Recently I read an article about the explosive growth in Christian colleges recently. For many Christian kids, the choice they have is...

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