While I definately did not support his candidacy, I do accept that Senator Obama will, in about 2 months, be my president. One of the things that is a part of the military culture, and, indeed, prescribed in our Constitution, is civilian...
Now that we know who the two Vice Presidential candidates are, we can look at what they bring to the tables. Both have a son who is in the military. The Biden’s oldest son is the attorney general of Delaware and is a JAG officer in the...
Graded Category #4: Will grow our military. Whether we stay in the Mid-east for a long term or not, we need a much bigger military. The current rotation of troops to the war-zone is so intense that the military is starting to loose the very vital...
Special recognition: honorable mention and dishonorable mention.br /Honorable Mention:br /br /Hunter: AR. He’s an Airborne Ranger as I was. He gets the HOOOAH award.br /br /McCain: ROW. He’s been Right On the conduct of the War from the beginning.br...
I’ve been reading a lot of websites as I evaluate the various candidates for president. I’ll be issuing the Colonels Report Card on these candidates on 13 Jan–just before the Michigan Presidential Primary Election on the 15th...
All the reports from the Mideast show that our troops are doing magnificantly. They are brave, resourceful, and dedicated. If there is one quite common characteristic among our troops, it is that they believe in what they were doing over there;...
This month the news has been full of reports about a number of national charities that claim to support present and former members of the military and have been anywhere to inefficient to fradulant in their use of the funds that they have raised...
This Tuesday, 4 December the Congress will return to “work” after a 14-day Thanksgiving vacation. Further, they intend final adjournment on 21 December. That leaves 17 calendar days for them to enact major money legislation to keep the...
“One who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interests” is the definition of “Patriot” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. If this definition is valid, and I believe that it is, then many politicians can no longer wave the...