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Feminism vs Combat Readiness

My topic is women in our military’s close-combat units. Let me be clear; women have served in combat and are now serving in combat units and perform very well. However, in what I’ll call the tip-of-the-spear units, infantry, armor, and Special Ops...

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Based on Actions–Not Words

Well, the president has made it very clear that he plans to unilaterally do all he can to remove the rights of Americans to possess firearms. It’s very plain to me that we Americans do have Second Amendment rights to possess firearms if we wish...

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The First Drone Strike/Kill in History

On the afternoon of October 7, 2001, the first day of the war in Afghanistan, an Air Force pilot named Scott Swanson made history while sitting in a captain’s chair designed for an RV. His contribution to posterity was to kill someone in a...

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These Are Our Nation’s Future

This is not a new poem, but it remains true. These youth don’t whine, get offended, and need a quiet space when confronted with a challenge–they deal with it. If they aren’t the future of America–then America has no future...

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Our Failure in the Middle East & Africa

The following is an extract from a letter of a senior military officer who has been assigned to AFRICOM (US Africa Command) for the past several years. We are wasting our money, putting the lives of our brave troops at risk, and accomplishing...

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All I Want for Christmas is…

Given that Christmas is coming very soon, I want to share what I asked from Santa. At the top of my list is a return to respect for our Constitution. Whether it’s radical Muslims here in this country who want to replace it with Shira Law or goofy...

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The Sunday evening talk by the Prez

How can I not address our president’s talk to the nation last Sunday evening? The implications for our nation’s security are overwhelming. First, it’s clear that our president is much more concerned about advocating for the Muslims in this world...

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Female Ranger Graduates–A Problem

Here’s a real issue at Fort Benning, GA, the home of our Ranger School. There was one class that began with the first females in history. Three women ultimately graduated—first two women, then one other. Here’s a report from US Defense Watch—there’s...

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Our Military Leadership has Abandoned our Troops

Several US Special Operations air and ground team members have been suspended for a stunning and fatal series of mistakes that resulted in an AC-130 gunship repeatedly hitting the wrong target in the Kunduz hospital strike last month that killed 30...

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