[July 31, 2025] I arrived in Iraq three weeks before the U.S. declared the end of combat operations in Iraq, on August 31, 2010. This tour was the beginning of my third combat year, and by then, I knew the landscape well. What did this presidential declaration mean to the troops on the ground in Iraq? Zero. Nothing… Read More »
[July 25, 2025] That Wednesday morning began cool, with lightning, thunder, and rain beginning around 0230 hours. This was great for plants but hard on our construction efforts in the Iraq War. The reason was the mud, and not just any mud, but mud made of extremely fine particulate. It was stuck like glue to anything it came… Read More »
[July 19, 2025] Taken from my 2021 book Our Longest Year in Iraq, I made a crucial distinction between “insurgents” and “terrorists.” To understand the difference makes us understand them better. In that we failed and regularly made no distinction between a homegrown insurgent and international terrorist. Both were bad but we owed it to our mission to… Read More »
[July 10, 2025] The early morning of Thursday, 5 April 2007, was among the nicer weather days of the year. “Clear and cool” is what I jotted down in my notebook. A nice, cool day was rare, and so we would enjoy it while it lasted. Because building Coalition facilities was a precondition for the success of the… Read More »
[July 5, 2025] The Karmelo Anthony case has yet to go before a judge and jury, but Karmelo and his family have made some serious mistakes that could cost him his life. Assuming he is convicted of murder (or manslaughter), prison time awaits. What Karmelo is about to find out is that prisons have gangs, and they are… Read More »
[July 3, 2025] The University of Pennsylvania, UPenn, has formally, but grudgingly, agreed to bring its institution into compliance with Title IX of Federal Law. The mainstream media is describing this as a power play by President Trump. But it is the position of the Trump Administration that allowing men to compete in women’s sports and allowing access… Read More »
[June 28, 2025] ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is what the Attorney General of Florida calls it. If you can’t laugh about this, then you really need to get a life. Recently, the Trump Administration and Florida announced a joint detention facility to house criminal illegal aliens. “Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said a largely abandoned airfield in the Everglades would… Read More »
[June 26, 2025] I missed publishing this article yesterday, which was the 75th Anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War: June 25, 1950. On that date, the Communist North Korean forces attacked across the border, starting a hot war that developed into an international bloody affair. I had the honor of serving with the South Korean Army… Read More »
[June 25, 2025] In an interview a few days ago, Professor Gad Saad was interviewed by Spiked’s Fred Myers about what’s gone wrong in the West and how we can confront anti-Semitism. I found his insights helpful, and they are highlighted here, as he discusses ideological brain worms. Saad witnessed a similar surge in anti-Semitism when he was… Read More »
[June 23, 2025] To be upfront this morning, I had not planned on writing this article about America’s strike on Iran for a few more days. Phone calls from a number of friends and acquaintances changed my mind. The first call was from a retired construction manager, the kind of person who is known to be one tough… Read More »