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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Thursday, September 19, 2019

In War and in Life, Love and Loss are Never Far Apart

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I wrote about this soldier ten years ago, September 2009, when I was deployed to Iraq for year with 28th Combat Aviation Brigade. I re-read...

Friday, September 6, 2019

Chinook Landing on a Roof in Afghanistan Honored in Original Art

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On 10 November 2003 the crew of Chinook helicopter Yankee 2-6 made this landing on a cliff in Afghanistan. Artist Larry Selman i...

Monday, September 2, 2019

Attacking NATO Allies is Stupid and Dangerous

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The Malmedy Massacre, 17 December 1944 Seventy years of peace and prosperity after centuries of nearly continuous war is an amazin...

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Massive Fire Bombing of Stalingrad

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On 23 August 1942, Nazis dropped thousands of bombs and thousands more incendiary bombs on Stalingrad at the opening of their attack. ...

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...

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