Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[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 use a park on Veterans’ Day. This was meant to be a symbolic gesture to honor our Veterans, families, and friends. After many weeks of back-and-forth discussions with this state-funded Park, permission was ultimately denied. I was the representative of a… Read More »
[November 30, 2025] Earlier this month, I was the guest speaker at the Marine Corps League celebration of the 250th birthday of the U.S. Marines’ founding. I found it funny that the Marines would invite an Army Soldier to speak at their birthday, but hey, what do I know about humor? And humor is my theme for today. … Read More »
[November 29, 2025] There should be no doubt that America is split along political lines or that Leftists of the Democrat Party have begun undermining a number of American institutions. The latest in what is an ongoing American cold civil war, is a billboard outside Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. From The Fayetteville Observer (behind paywall): “Billboard in… Read More »
[November 28, 2025] My wife asked me yesterday, shortly after enjoying our Thanksgiving Dinner, why I was writing about the Iraq War, and pointedly asked, “Why are you focusing on this Pre-Surge?” She noted that nearly everyone was focused on the “fight,” or just the “surge.” And that is a good question, and one I’ve asked myself for… Read More »
[November 27, 2025] The Coalition Engineers would become more involved in the Iraqi reconstruction effort than perhaps originally planned. Reconstruction was meant to be an international effort, but that too failed to materialize. There was plenty of talk among diplomats and large businesses that wanted to participate in rebuilding Iraq, yet most of their efforts never got off… Read More »