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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Fast Response, Sad Answer: NO!

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Today I got three emails from the office of Congressman Joe Pitts.  One had an attachment of more than a dozen pages explaining exactly wh...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Machiavelli on Leadership: The First Principle of Power, Book 13 (part 2) of 2016

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Paul Ryan is getting criticized by leaders of his own party and others for being a hypocrite, endorsing Donald Trump while at the same t...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Just Like Dad, Not in a Good Way: 19 Years, No Retirement

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Congressman Joe Pitts   On May 3, I was honorably discharged from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.  I had 19 years and 21 days o...

Enlistment Extended for the Duration

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My father enlisted in the Army in December of 1939.  His enlistment was for just two years.  He was planning to get out in December of 1941....
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Command Sgt. Major Christopher Kepner Named Top NCO of Army National Guard

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In a ceremony yesterday one of my favorite people in the Army was named the top sergeant of the Army National Guard.  Christopher Kepner...

Book 14 of 2016: The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White

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“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of Th...
Monday, June 6, 2016

How the Military Draft Works--Just in Case it Comes Back

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Today is the 72nd Anniversary of D-Day, the biggest amphibious invasion in world history.  The brave men who fought and died that day wer...