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Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
After the Victory
[November 24, 2023] In 1868, former U.S. Army General Ulysses S Grant was elected president to an office that bore witness to national divisiveness over the aftermath of the great U.S. Civil War that ended only a few years before. While Grant is best known for his generalship during that war, what he did after the victory made… Read More »
Letters to My Granddaughter, No. 38 (Thanksgiving)
[November 23, 2023] Rowen, long ago I was your age, eight years old and living in a small town, so small there was no traffic light, no grocery store, no park, and no library. Thanksgiving was a big holiday, with family coming in for miles around to eat a great meal cooked by my grandmother; we called her… Read More »
Refreshing, Witty Comedian Matt Rife
[November 22, 2023] I love comedy because it simply makes me laugh. A “new” comedian has come on strong over the past few years, and that guy is Matt Rife. He’s young, energetic, exciting, insulting, and very very funny. You will not regret listening to him. Matt Rife pokes at the edges of personal relationships, makes fun of… Read More »
A Woke Gen Z’er Learns Responsibility
[November 21, 2023] Rule #1 in learning how to live a good life is to realize that nobody owes you nuttin’. This is a valuable lesson that most of us learned as children, but some failed to get the message. Here we have a white female, Gen Z’er, who gets stopped for possible drinking and driving. And now… Read More »
When Israel’s War is Over with Hamas
[November 20, 2023] The question that has haunted modern armies since the beginning of the 19th century is what happens when war ends. And Israel is undoubtedly asking that question of themselves. The first and most important question they are asking themselves is whether they should occupy Gaza or pull out. Germany and Japan, at the end of… Read More »
I was Given a Letter of Reprimand
[November 19, 2023] It was a red-letter day. On March 17, 2008, I took command of a Brigade in a U.S.-based unit. Brigade is the level of command that truly separates the best from the very best. The change of command was terrific, with hundreds of soldiers, mentors, family, and friends present. Immediately after I sat down with… Read More »
Is the U.S. Army Rejecting Wokeism?
[November 18, 2023] Are the U.S. Army senior brass finally waking up from their Woke Nightmare? Nope! But we are beginning to see that there might be some adults in the ranks of the political generals of America’s military services. Last week, the Army released a recruiting ad that dumps the diversity, equity, and inclusion DEI narrative so… Read More »
Letters to My Granddaughter, No. 37
[November 17, 2023] “What’s the Boy Scouts?” I asked after my Dad said he’d signed me up as a brand-new Boy Scout. And the first meeting was that very night. Oh, great!! I started with the lowly rank of Tenderfoot. My brother was too young, so he had to stay home and help our Mom. He cried because… Read More »
They Wished to be on the 9/11 Plane
[November 16, 2023] Sometime in early 2002, two Soldiers from my Engineer unit said something that shocked me. They said that they wished they had been on one of those planes that Muslim terrorists used to kill nearly 3,000 innocents on 9/11. Several officers and I were sitting around talking about preparing to go to war in Iraq.… Read More »