Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[December 10, 2025] I often heard from young people wishing to join the Army that they had no direction in their lives. What I found hard to understand was that they actually had a possible solution to their loss of direction in life (by joining the Armed Forces) but somehow had delayed or rejected that decision. The true… Read More »
[December 9, 2025] There never was a time when Soldiers said the weather in Iraq was beautiful. Typically it was clear, windy, dusty, and warm (or hot as Hell). We paid close attention to the weather because it was a major factor in the speed of construction; the hotter it was, the less efficient we could get… Read More »
[December 8, 2025] After the USAID corruption scandal that shocked most Americans, there seemed little that could top such an egregious assault upon the citizen taxpayer. We were wrong. News out of Minnesota shows that they got caught with their hand in the Medicaid cookie jar. Most ordinary Americans know that Dr. Oz administers the Medicare and Medicaid… Read More »
[December 7, 2025] One of my neighbors, a Navy Veteran, donated a Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper 1st Extra edition, dated December 7, 1941 to our local Veterans’ Club. What a great gift for our Vets. The headline reads in giant, bold letters, “WAR! OAHU BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES.” The newspaper, as described on EBay, an online site, is… Read More »
[December 6, 2025] Many years ago, when I had just finished high school, I knew a guy who was a big blabbermouth, a prankster, and someone not to be taken seriously. What he told me one day was that his life had turned around after graduation; he was on an upward trajectory in his life because he learned… Read More »
[December 5, 2025] Where is this nation headed? When the Democrat Party uses the force of law to target their political opponents who are helping pregnant women? That’s the state of New Jersey when a lawyer for NJ’s Attorney General’s office subpoenaed First Choice, a pro-life group that assists women with their pregnancies and discourages abortion. And, yes,… Read More »
[December 3, 2025] I’ve not yet seen all of the recent production of Ken Burn’s, “The American Revolutionary” series on PBS. So far, my initial reaction to it was positive, but the more I saw of the documentary, the more I saw it for what it was: biased against America’s founding. Being distributed on PBS gives the documentary… Read More »
[December 3, 2025] Kristan Hawkins posts videos of her interacting with people who oppose restrictions on abortion. Sometimes, she is on college campuses, or doing street interviews, or at pro-abortion protests. Kristen’s videos are enlightening to me, and I would suspect that they are generally educational about the pro-abortion thinking of people today in America. In this video,… Read More »
[December 2, 2025] It only seems like yesterday when I flew into Baghdad aboard a C130 Air Force cargo plane. I had a small team that was to act as the Advanced Party to the 353rd Engineer Group (Construction). In my first book “Our Longest Year in Iraq,” I laid out my thoughts on the Iraq War. Our… Read More »
[December 1, 2025] Earlier this year, a local South Jersey non-profit Veteran organization asked for permission to cross the Delaware on Veterans’ Day. This was meant to be a symbolic gesture to honor George Washington’s famous crossing on the night of December 25-26, 1776. After many weeks of back-and-forth discussions with the Friends of Washington Crossing Historic Park,… Read More »