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Speech to Remember Our Fallen

By | June 21, 2023

[June 21, 2023]  I’ll be giving a speech honoring our fallen military personnel from WWI to present this weekend.  The South Jersey Volunteers for Veterans Boot Memorial will have a three-day display with the names of local citizens who gave their lives for our country.  I’m one of the closing ceremony speakers.  Please take a look at my… Read More »

Just Get Use to It

[June 8, 2023]  As a new Platoon Leader in the U.S. Army Infantry, my Soldiers were always comparing me to their previous leader.  And oh, that Lieutenant did not do so well.  Those comparisons were usually unflattering and frankly I was not too happy about it (for professional reasons).  My commander told me to just get use to… Read More »

Your Past is Here to Stay

[June 5, 2023]  Until recently, a person could relocate to another geographic area, gain helpful employment, and start a family, thereby leaving past transgressions in the past.  The permanency of our past is, however, here to stay.  Many well-known people have experienced a bit of embarrassment when their past behavior and associations were made public. Things that occurred… Read More »

Priorities: Peacetime versus Combat

[June 4, 2023]   It is often said that a leader’s performance in a peacetime environment cannot predict how that leader will act in combat.  This well-known knowledge of human performance has been recorded since the Roman Empire.  Under peaceful, less dangerous circumstances, the military leader has priorities that differ from combat, where death is expected. “Inquiries are… Read More »