Like most families, the Gillem family has multiple branches. I seem to be the first in my direct branch of the family to serve in the military. I have a great, great, great uncle who commanded Gillem’s Cavalry for the Union in the Civil War. There’s...
I heard the Atty Gen of Arizona on Fox News last evening. He said that armed convoys of drug smugglers regularly come across the border into the US. The use very sophisticated equipment to communicate and to scan the area and locate our border...
It appears that the water source at Camp Lejune has been contaminated for some time. Anyone stationed there who is having severe health problems should investigate their options. Veterans can work directly with the VA. Since this is a marine base...
The Korean War began today in 1950. We weren’t ready for that war; it took us by surprise, but, in the end we won–militarily. Because of politics the Korean peninsula was and is divided and we are still at war–the fighting ended...
I don’t often agree with President Obama, but General Stan McChrystal, a great general, blew it and is suffering the logical consequences of his actions. Granted that there is no apparent evidence that he ever spoke negatively about his...
The General McCrystal event is very interesting. McCrystal is the only know senior general to vote for Obama; he was hand picked by Obama to run the war in Afghanistan. The plan being used there is the one McCrystal wrote. McCrystal is the only...
It was 5 years ago this month, on 27 June 05, that the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Castle Rock vs Gonzales that despite court orders or anything else, we do not have the constitutional right to be protected from crime by the police. In this case...
Today is the day we honor fathers. None of us dads were/are perfect fathers, but most of us really tried to do the job well. The role and influence of a father is huge–yet some of us, due to military service, have had to be away from our...
According to the news, Scty of State Hillary Clinton, speaking in Equador, South America, announced that the US Govt was going to sue the State of Arizona over it’s law protecting the citizens from illegal aliens. And the Governor of Arizona...
I heard a talking-head tonight make the point that the Afghan leadership is corrupt, therefore we simply can’t win there, because what Afghans are going to support a corrupt leader? Good question, but the answer is “almost all of them...