You know, our country is broke—and is still going deeper into debt every day. One thing we have backed out of is our role as international Super Power; we’re no longer the world’s cop. That is a good idea, but our dropping out so quickly does leave...
Brigadier General Star Carey on real heroes; Capt. Mike Landers (Ret) of ASYMCA, on their work on military bases; and self-defense guru Craig Gray. – Capt. Mike Landers, US Navy (Retired) is the President & CEO of Armed Services YMCA. They...
On 17 Dec 1777, the French foreign minister, Charles Gravier, count of Vergennes, officially acknowledged the US as an independent nation. News of the Continental Army’s overwhelming victory against the British General John Burgoyne at...
On 8 Oct 1918, during WWI, Corporal Alvin C. York killed over 20 German soldiers and captured an additional 132 at the head of a small patrol in the Argonne Forest near the Meuse River in France. He was later promoted to sergeant and awarded the...
On 18 July 1925, 7 months after being released from Landsberg jail, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler published the first volume of his personal manifesto, Mein Kampf. Written during his 9-month stay in prison, Mein Kampf, or “My Struggle,” was a...
On 6 Jun 1944, now known as D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower, then supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in WW II gave the go-ahead for the massive invasion of Europe called Operation Overlord. Nazi Germany controlled most of Western...
May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, is the date of the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Seguín. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day, the most...
At West Point we were taught that the Commander goes with his maneuver element to influence the action. Our nation’s So-Called-Leader goes on vacation in South America while France and Britain argue over who might take over from a US Command who has...
While General McChrystal, the US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, sought 40,000 additional troops, Obama eventually settled on 30,000 after an intensive 3-month study of the mission and how best to achieve goals. According to the White House, most...
These stories are some of my favorite. Enjoy.br /br /When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. br /He answered...