[March 13, 2025] If we were to add up all the leadership lessons from long ago and use that wisdom to better ourselves today, the list would be as high as the moon. However, we can condense them down into a small number. In this article, I consolidate hundreds of lessons down into 10 tough leadership lessons. I… Read More »
[March 9, 2025] Another Sunday morning, another set of pictures that I like. Mostly non-political, although difficult to resist. I must admit there are a couple however, for my friends who cannot go without a political slant. Picking these out was easy, I just look for what pleases my taste, that day.
[March 3, 2025] It was late January of 2007 and tensions were running high in the Iraq War. Our Engineers were working all out and the pressure to ready facilities for incoming American troops was enormous. Fortunately, we weren’t the only element in-country that we had on our side. MNF-I was a full partner, as were a variety… Read More »
[March 1, 2025] The question that we are all asking – those of us in the area of concern for world stability – is whether Israel can eradicate Hamas? Why Israel’s leaders would want to do this now is not open for debate. Hamas has gone back on its promises to return certain hostages in exchange for hundreds… Read More »
[February 28, 2025] The popular Vietnam War series is back for reruns on cable television. Several years ago, when the series came out, I pointed out that the series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick was playing on long-debunked lies about the war. Yet, many still consider it the “ultimate history of the war.” Sadly, Ken Burns lost… Read More »
[February 25, 2025] In my four decades of military service, I never served a day in the Pentagon. That was by choice and for reasons I’ll write below. The latest news out of the Pentagon is that President Trump will fire a bunch of Woke Pentagon leaders. Ward Carroll is a social media commentator who speaks primarily about… Read More »
[February 24, 2025] Eighteen years ago, give or take a couple of months, I had a valuable philosophical discussion with a very perceptive U.S. Army General. Brigadier General John McDonald had an uncanny ability to understand the Iraqi people. At least he was more honest about them than our Department of State folks, who knew little at all.… Read More »
[February 23, 2025] A special treat today, this Sunday morning as we can see over the horizon at Spring time. Politics is in the air, rather than snow, at least where I live. With the U.S. Democrat Party in near total disarray, I have some memes that poke fun at them. And, yes, plenty of self-inflicted fun.
[February 21, 2025] The day begins badly. It’s Sunday, January 21st; we begin our day attending a memorial service for an Engineer Soldier killed in the line of duty. I sit in a row of chairs reserved for Colonels and Sergeant Majors, front row. Oddly, beside me is an empty chair with COL White’s name affixed. He is… Read More »
[February 19, 2025] It was time for our Engineers to get to work. We’d received approval from “General O” ( LTG Ray Odierno) to move forward with the hard planning necessary to accommodate the incoming Surge. By this time in the war, the U.S. government had agreed to follow both the rules, guidelines, and standards of both the… Read More »