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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Speeches, Spys and Sleeping NATO

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One of the first things we soldiers of 1st Battalion-70th Armor were told when we deployed to West Germany was, "Sleep NATO." E...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Flight Medic Article on Defense.gov

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The article I wrote recently about Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Kwiecien just got published on here "Faces of Defense" on defense.gov.  Je...
Saturday, December 5, 2015

Μολων Λαβε: The Tattoo and the Myth

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When I re-enlisted in the Army in 2007, I saw several soldiers with Μολων Λαβε tattoos and Μολων Λαβε stickers on their pickup trucks.  I...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

How to Lose an Empire

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When you hear Conservatives bemoaning America's loss of power, prestige and leadership, the blame will be somewhere other than in th...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Terrorism and Gun Violence on Both Sides of the Ocean

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A good friend who has been traveling to America on business for more than a decade left Brussels, Belgium, for her current trip to Amer...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Who Fights Our Wars? Flight Medic Leaving For Fifth Deployment

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Nearly 100 years ago, young American men were leaving farms across America, joining every branch of the military to fight in World War...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Wikipedia Loves Weapons, Not Soldiers

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This week I had a meeting with a "Wikipedian in Residence" at a history of science museum.  I was asking her about how to put p...