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Monday, January 15, 2018

Nine Years Ago Today: Packing with an Army PowerPoint

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In January of 2009 I was packing to deploy to Iraq with the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade. The five bags the Army wanted me to pack each...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

America Reversed on Military Service in 1992 at the Polls and on the Street

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It occurred to me that since 1992 when the Baby Boomers hit middle age the country reversed on military service. Every Presiden...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

MRE vs. C-Rations: for me, the 21st Century MRE is the Winner!

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When I first enlisted in 1972, C-Rations, or more properly the MCI--Meal, Combat, Individual--was breakfast, lunch and dinner in the ...
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Preparing to Survive a Nuclear War, Or Not

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In 1977, one of my additional duties as a tank commander in West Germany was CBR NCO. I was the Chemical, Biological, Radiation Weapons S...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Neil’s Best and Worst Books of 2017: Update With Full List

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    Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature I had a few people who read this post ask me about the rest of the ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Dixie Pig, Motorcycle Racing and Missing my Tank

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I am watching the second season of "The West Wing." A suspect in a plot to kill the President in this late 1990s drama was arr...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Who Fights Our Wars: Sons of Veterans

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Myles B. Caggins, III, promoted today to Colonel Today, I heard one of the best speeches of a man honored in his profession that I...