Leadership in Complex Situations

[May 7, 2025]  During the 1980s, the nuclear arms race between the United States and the USSR was frightening, complex, and potentially deadly for millions of people. The stakes were high, the issues multifaceted, and solutions were hard to come by. Ultimately, the U.S. President and USSR leaders agreed to put some controls on nuclear weapon development. U.S.… Read More »

Pregnancy Centers are Fake Clinics 

[May 5, 2025]  A report released earlier this year revealed that the 2,750 pro-life pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) in the United States provided nearly $367.9 million worth of services and material goods to more than 16 million clients in 2022. The report, Hope for a New Generation, was published in May by the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Care Net,… Read More »

Iraq War Pre-Surge: Battle Rhythm

[May 3, 2025]  What we called our “Battle Rhythm” was the formalized daily cycle (or pace) at which the command staff, at all levels, worked. The idea was to synchronize future combat and support operations.  It worked, but the effort was grueling, complex, structured, and generated a massive set of taskers that had to be cross-referenced and tracked.… Read More »

Baseball Gone Bananas!

[May 2, 2025]  I love baseball, and I think that’s obvious from my past writings on the subject.  Maybe that’s why I also love the “Savannah Bananas.”  Baseball, in its purest form, is a superb form of entertainment and rightly symbolizes hometown America.  That is why it is loved worldwide and why so many know how to play… Read More »

Iraq War Pre-Surge: SWET Services

[May 1, 2025]  One of our major challenges as an occupying military force in Iraq was to keep major SWET (Sewer, Water, Electricity, Trash) services online.  Back in 2005, a mere two years earlier, the 1st Cavalry Division developed operational tasks for its BCTs as we transitioned from primary combat to what is called Stability Operations. A combat… Read More »

What is a Warrior?

By | April 30, 2025

[April 30, 2025]  Inevitably, the discussion turned to the question, “What is a warrior?”  A small group of us were discussing this topic over a few “near-beers” the night before our military unit was to fly into Baghdad, Iraq.  For most of us, it would be the first time we would see combat.  The “what is a warrior”… Read More »

Cheating in America’s Military Academies

By | April 29, 2025

[April 29, 2025]  A recent article by Lt. Col Ken Segelhorst, USA retired, tells the tale of our nation’s elite military academies and the surge in academic cheating.  He is alarmed by this growing pattern of cheating that, at one time, meant immediate expulsion from the academies.  No longer. “Once rare and met with mass expulsions, large-scale cheating… Read More »