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Monday, October 12, 2015

Rules of Engagement--the Most Common Bitch I Heard in Iraq

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The serious complaint I heard most often in Iraq was about our Rules of Engagement .  The rules that say when we could fire and, mostly...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The VA Has a Big Problem No One Talks About

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Every few months another scandal breaks out at the Veterans Administration.   Outrage ensues.   Politicians pound podiums and pretend t...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Who Cares for Our Veterans?

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When I was in Iraq, I wrote about many soldiers under the title of “Who Fights Our Wars?” Many people write and talk about VeteransAdm...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Success: When I Can Count to 21 in the Shower!

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In September of 2008, I got to be a member of the first class in the Live Fire Shoot House that opened on Fort Indiantown Gap.  For an e...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Change of Responsibility: When Top Sergeants Change Jobs

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When a new first sergeant or command sergeants major becomes the top non-commissioned officer in a company, battalion, brigade, division...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Old Home Week: Meeting My Roommate from Wiesbaden in Baltimore

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Tomorrow I am driving to Baltimore to meet my roommate at Lindsay Air Station, Wiesbaden, West Germany in 1978.  Then he was Sr. Airman C...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Marking the 14th Anniversary of 9-11

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The 9-11 Memorial today on the campus of Franklin and Marshall College : 2,936 flags in the center of the campus to honor the victims...