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Monday, January 2, 2017

Book Report: The 50 Books I Read in 2016, Beginning with the War Books

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In 2016 I read 50 books, more than a dozen for the classes I took in in the spring and fall of the year, many more because of the readin...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year--What a Year It Will Be!

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On this first day of 2017, a new year begins and a vastly changed world.  After spending the majority of my military career as a Cold W...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Russian Soldiers/Mothers/Wives Talk About Afghan War

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I left the U.S. Army in November of 1979, discharged at Fort Dix, New Jersey, after 6-1/2 years of active duty service.  From 1976 to 197...
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...