[March 30, 2025] The good news was that by the end of February, the weather in Iraq was getting nice, with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Of course, with Surge units about to arrive and construction in full swing, I was moving about Iraq, seeing how this construction was progressing. There is… Read More »
[March 27, 2025] If there is one thing I’ve learned in the past decade, it is to pay close attention to Dr. Jordan Peterson’s advice. He gives us another message today for young women. Dr. Peterson warns young women that they are being feed lies that can harm them unless they can see the lies and avoid falling… Read More »
[March 26, 2025] Past Deputy PM of Australia John Anderson recently interviewed journalist Melanie Phillips to get her ideas about the disturbing logic of Western Leftists. She says that Leftists believe themselves morally good because they are Leftists. The interview can be found here at this link. Leftists – which she calls “Liberals” – tell themselves, “I’m a… Read More »
[March 25, 2025] For many decades now, I’ve been a fan of U.S. Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover because he could identify, mentor, employ, and retain top-level officers. Rickover spent his entire career in the Navy, and with his exposure to the Oak Ridge Manhattan Project, he recognized the tremendous potential of nuclear technology. Talent, Training, and Leadership … Read More »
[March 23, 2025] A special treat today … of course, I would write that … owning a 90-pound Yellow Lab. These Sunday Morning Pictures are now #10 and have generated more comments than my more serious posts. I do hope you enjoy them. If you have a picture to share, please send a link (pictures in the comments… Read More »
[March 22, 2025] As I look back upon those times we were planning and building in preparation to receive the great Surge, I am surprised our Engineers were not attacked while convoying. I suppose luck played a part, as it will do during combat, but there is never an excuse to unnecessarily expose your troops to enemy action.… Read More »
[March 21, 2025] During my last assignment as the 8th U.S. Army wartime engineer, I was highly impressed by our commander, Lt. Gen. John Johnson, because he could take complex ideas and explain them. That is also why I like Dr. Dennis Prager. As he writes in an article from 2023, he was asked to define Leftism. As… Read More »
[March 20, 2025] In 1953, Orson Wells’ The War of the Worlds hit the big screens across the nation. I would see it in 1964, along with my brother Philip, two years my junior. I remember us both being scared of the Martians in their great machines. Perhaps this is what sparked my interest in Science Fiction. Our… Read More »
[March 19, 2025] Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen is a Dutch artist who created The Strandbeest, a mechanical sculpture that moves like a multi-legged insect. He created his first in 1990 and has since made dramatic, creative designs that amaze us. “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.” — Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen Art meets… Read More »
[March 15, 2025] By early February of 2007, we were in the throes of intense planning for the pending Surge. My work week was non-stop meetings, briefings, development of new Surge sites, construction paperwork, and the typical daily grind of staff work. Fortunately, I was in excellent physical shape, except I had damaged my right knee while running.… Read More »