Veteran AF

Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Ironman 5th Anniversary

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Today is five years since the longest exercise day in my life. On August 24, 2014, my wife and I started the Ironman event in Louisvill...

Monday, August 19, 2019

Can Faith Wield Power and Remain Faith?

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Captain Jack Aubrey from the movie "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World" leading a boarding party. Should C...

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Chemical Weapons and Other WMDs in Pop Culture

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NEIL GUSSMAN Chemical Reactions Nerve gas and other unconventional weapons. N erve gas is becoming the weapon of choice for...

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Nylon and Bombs, How DuPont Made Nylon and Nukes in the mid 20th Century

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I wrote this article eleven years ago and it is now behind a pay wall. I had not shared it back then. The book is very good and tells a fas...

Friday, August 9, 2019

Meditation and Military Thinking

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One of the very odd things about beginning meditation and yoga late in life is how they both tie back into and touch the life I lived b...

Thursday, August 1, 2019

The Funeral Oration of Pericles

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I am re-reading Pericles in a book titled "How to Think About War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy." There is more to th...

Monday, July 22, 2019

Chinook Helicopter Lifting a 105mm Howitzer, Part 2

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Seven more views of lifting a 105mm howitzer with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

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