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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Talking About the Holocaust After Charlottesville "Unite the Right" Rally

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Nazi and Confederate flags fly together in Charlottesville, Va. How do you talk about the Holocaust?   Sadly, the events of 2017 gave ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

"Don't Judge Me!"

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The drill sergeant is judging the soldier in front of him. "Don't Judge Me!" was a phrase I heard more and more often i...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

My Dad, Estee Lauder and Dietrich Bohoeffer

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In recent months I have immersed myself in my past in a way I have never done before. For a couple of months I have been writing about my l...
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...