Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[April 16, 2025] Growing up and limited to one well-used black and white television, we kids had limited screen time that moms today would envy. One show we did get to see was Hopalong Cassidy. The show aired from 1939 to 1952, so we were watching reruns. We learned some useful cowboy values. The character Cassidy was portrayed… Read More »
[April 15, 2025] As a military officer, I’ve used investigations as a tool to ferret out the truth of wrongdoing when other avenues were closed. In my experience, investigations are also used unethically to punish leaders or to harass them.1 When this leader tool is used as a weapon, everyone loses. “About all I can say for the… Read More »
[April 14, 2025] Look, this is the face of a young woman who committed battery on an innocent woman but has rejected accountability for her violence. A little over a week ago, on a Harlem street, media personality Savannah Craven Antao was struck in the face by an assailant because of an argument over Savannah’s pro-life view on… Read More »
[April 13, 2025] Was there ever a battle or war that was won without supplies? Our Army was fortunate to have some of the nation’s best logisticians, always ensuring the fighters had what they needed. But, like in all wars, nothing is easy and in the Iraq War, we were experiencing critical supply problems as we prepared our… Read More »
[April 12, 2025] I’ve been working on the idea of writing about a roadmap to becoming a stronger man (okay, yes, women, too). For many years, I thrashed this around in my head, and yet the idea has not developed enough for an article, much less a book. This journey is one that begins like all journeys: one… Read More »
[April 11, 2025] In preparation for the Surge, an area east of Baghdad was not part of high-level planning, mostly for reasons of little insurgent activity and environmental issues like a lack of reliable water supplies. As the commander of MNC-I, General O wanted a unit to cover his easternmost flank in case things went wrong in the… Read More »
[April 10, 2025] I always had a disgusted view of vultures. They feed off carrion, flesh of the dead, and circle overhead in search for the dead and also the living who are about to die. My Dad told me many stories of the American Civil War, about the battles and the carnage left behind. Many of those… Read More »
[April 9, 2025] There is a common belief that the most intelligent among us are also those who will make the best moral decisions. It should come as no real surprise that this is not always the case. Many decades ago, I had an encounter with a man who desperately wanted to be a Machinegunner in the U.S.… Read More »
[April 8, 2025] Former Columbia University President Dr. Katrina Armstrong has “amnesia” when it comes to her students calling for the destruction of Israel and that Jewish students were threatened and assaulted. Further, her amnesia extended to not recalling that Columbia faculty described Jewish donors as “wealthy white capitalists” who “laundered blood money.” Any experienced leader would be… Read More »
[April 7, 2025] It should be obvious to anyone who understands moral courage that Fencer Stephanie Turner possesses that rare attribute. What needs to be made clear is why Stephanie had to stand for fairness in women-only in sports. She took a knee in her refusal to compete against a man in a regional fencing championship. The man, Redmond… Read More »