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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Proud Draft Dodgers Can Now Sneer at Veterans

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I was going to write a different post about working with draft dodgers throughout my professional life from the mid 80s to 2015. During t...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Who WILL Fight Our Wars? People of Color

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My youngest son Nigel is a very proud member of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) chapter at McCaskey High School in Lanc...
Saturday, December 17, 2016

Three Books About Before and After War by Kazuo Ishiguro

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[I am reposting this essay because some ten of my posts are getting odd traffic. Just an experiment.] This summer I have read three mor...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Recruiter Update and ASVAB Scores are No Help for Old Men

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On Friday last week, I visited Army National Guard Recruiter SFC Doug Kicklighter.  We were talking about one of my sons possibly joining...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Drill Sergeants and Recruiters: Enemies Forever!

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In popular culture around the world, drill sergeants or training sergeants are powerful and terrifying.  Recruiting sergeants, ...
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Does the Economy Suck? My Army/Civilian Pay Comparison Says YES!

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In the early 1983, I was a 30-year-old Army Reserve tank commander and a dock worker at Yellow Freight Systems in Lancaster, Pa.  For a d...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Deer Pays Tuition for a Semester at Penn State

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1976 Chrysler Newport, 2-door with 400 CI V8 engine. The first deer I killed in Pennsylvania payed a full semester's tuition for me ...