▼
Friday, July 29, 2016

Worst Retirement Plan Possible

›
In May of 1984, I had a total of eleven years and two months of active and reserve service.  At the time I was a staff sergeant, a tank...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Soviet Armor vs. American Armor, Israel 1973

›
In July and August 1975, I went to the U.S. Army Armor School in Fort Knox, Kentucky, after three years in missile weapons testing. We ...
Monday, July 25, 2016

Laurus, Book 19 of 2016: A Tale of Old Russia that Stretches to Florence and Jerusalem

›
Eleven of the books I have read so far this year are by Russian authors writing about life in Russia from the present back through the ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

"Wrong War" Conservatives: “Patriots” Who Dodged the Draft

›
Just 99 years ago, this was America's view of draft dodgers.  Many strange things make America unique in the history of the world....
Sunday, July 17, 2016

Army Times Reports Army is Downsizing Public Affairs

›
I had a good laugh this morning reading an editorial by a career public affairs sergeant bemoaning the fact that the Army is downsizing ...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Military Privilege: The Camouflage Exception to Rules

›
Privilege of any kind is when you get to bend and break rules others don’t.   I have enjoyed many aspects of Military Privilege s...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

My Next Adventure: Ride South to North Across Russia and Former Soviet and Warsaw Pact Countries

›
In mid-August of next year I am planning to ride north from Odessa, Ukraine, to Helsinki, Finland, by way of several former Soviet and Wa...