Category Archives: Respect

Hero: Chuck Yeager

By | December 12, 2020

[December 12, 2020]  It has been said that a hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.  That, my friends, describes Chuck Yeager, flying combat ace, and test pilot – a real American hero. “You don’t concentrate on risks.  You concentrate on results.  No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.” –… Read More »

At Dawn, We Slept

By | December 7, 2020

[December 7, 2020]  December 7, 1941, at 7:53 a.m., Japanese warplanes attacked the U.S. Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor.1  Much has been written in America about the attack – the lessons learned from it and how a weaker yet innovative enemy can blindside a large and powerful nation. In a famous speech, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt declared the… Read More »

The Decline of Veteran Identity

By | December 5, 2020

[December 5, 2020]  Over the past several decades, there has been a decline of veteran identity.  This is reflected in falling membership across all organizations like the VFW, increased suicide rates, and unemployment.  This is a problem that has national-level and societal implications, none of which are good. The Decline of Veteran identity. This unfortunate decline of identity… Read More »

Community Leaders Save San Francisco JROTC

By | December 4, 2020

[December 4, 2020]  The U.S. has experienced an anti-military ideology since the 1960s.  This kind of thinking has become a key component of Progressive dogma.  In the city of San Francisco, this line of Progressive thinking is strong.  Recently, community leaders in San Francisco saved their JROTC program from school board members’ intent on removing the program. Those… Read More »

Americans Hate Cheating

By | November 20, 2020

[November 20, 2020]  Several years ago, I wrote about core American values to set a baseline for my leadership blog (see links here, here, and here).  Core values say a lot about who we are and where we are going.  This is why I spend so much of my time today with our military veterans; they understand what… Read More »

Veterans Day Message

By | November 11, 2020

[November 11, 2020]  Veterans Day, 11 NOVEMBER 2020: The guns of the First World War eerily fell silent over a century ago on this date in 1918.  Today is the day when Americans all across this great Nation gather in large and small groups and pause to remember those Veterans who served in our Armed Forces. We have… Read More »