Echoes on Sacred Ground: America’s Clash, Conquest, and Reckoning with Native Nations
When the smoke of the American Civil War cleared in 1865, the United States was a nation still armed, restless, and redefining its purpose.
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China (CCP) Update
The vast majority of the young Chinese students studying in America have been deeply brainwashed by the CCP’s propaganda since childhood. As college students, they are physically in America, but their minds are still in China echoing with the CCP.
Casting Lines of Peace: The Story of the Baghdad School of Fly Fishing
In the heart of war-torn Iraq, amidst the chaos of conflict and the austere surroundings of Camp Victory, a remarkable initiative unfolded—one that brought solace, camaraderie, and a touch of home to deployed service members. This is the story of the Baghdad School of Fly Fishing, a testament to the healing power of nature and the resilience of the human spirit.
The Cost of Betrayal: When a Nation Turns on Its Volunteers
The trust between a nation and those who swear to defend it was fractured when the U.S. military separated 8,200 service members for refusing to comply with COVID-19 mandates
Healing Waters: How Fly Fishing Restores the Wounds of War
For over 100 years, fly fishing has served not only as a sport but as a quiet, powerful form of therapy for veterans returning from war.
Memorial Day 2025
Memorial Day used to be on May 30th. Then Congress came in to help celebrate the day and shifted it all over the place by making it a Monday holiday. This was done to help federal workers and that’s fine with me, but it shows what congressional priorities are.
Petals of Honor
Petals of Honor In the heart of battle, the air thick with smoke, poppies rise through the scarred ground, born of blood and tears, and cultivated by the courage of the fallen. For those who have tasted the fire, brotherhood blooms from the ashes, roots growing deep in the soil of sacrifice, verdant and etched …
No Bravery: A Song Born from the Ashes of Kosovo
In 1999, while most of the world moved on from the headlines about the Balkans, soldiers and peacekeepers stepped into a devastated land where the horrors of ethnic cleansing still hung in the air like smoke.
A Lack Of Rationality
Liberals are getting more unhinged as time progresses. Now they can’t allow America to commemorate the founding of our Army.
The Geometry of Chaos: Why Complexity in War is a Deadly Gamble
War has always been defined by paradox: it is at once simple and impossibly hard. The fundamentals—move, shoot, communicate, sustain—are straightforward on paper.
Virtue-based Leadership, Part 5: Competency, Candor, and Virtue
Is leadership a process? Processes have inputs and actions/activities that produce outputs. In virtue-based leadership, the inputs are Virtue, Competency, and Candor. The outputs are Integrity, Truth, and Trust.
The Road to Kyiv: NATO, Kosovo, and the Long Shadow of a Broken Promise, Part 3
No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.”
~Carl von Clausewitz
Duty, Honor, Country… Why Family Matters Most
Family, is different than military service, no matter how honorable. A nation may thank you for your service, but it won’t sit beside your hospital bed when you’re broken.
The U.S. and NATO in the Balkans: America’s Forgotten Chapter of Peacekeeping
The Balkans conflict in the 1990s, particularly the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo, saw the U.S. and NATO engaged in a prolonged and often overlooked peacekeeping mission.
Hegseth Plans for Fewer Generals Fewer Civilians
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered a broad restructuring of the U.S. Army that will trim the number of generals, merge headquarters commands and prioritize drone swarms needed to counter China’s growing military.
Charles Martel: The Hammer Who Halted the Muslim Conquest of Europe
In an age when Europe teetered on the edge of collapse after the fall of the Roman Empire, one man stood between the continent and a future under Islamic rule. That man was Charles Martel
Where There is Overt Resistance, There is Probably Covert Resistance as Well
It’s another day ending in a “Y”, so another military commander has been relieved of duty. Today’s example of TDS fueled corruption of military standards is provided by Colonel Sheyla Baez Ramirez, the Garrison Commander at Fort McCoy WI. She apparently thought it would be cute to disrespect her civilian leadership, by omitting their photographs on the chain of command board.
An Officer’s Oath: Loyalty to the Constitution, Not a King
In the long march of human history, soldiers have sworn loyalty to emperors, warlords, kings, and dictators. But in 1787, America broke with that tradition.
The Chain Of Command. It’s Not A Suggestion.
Officers cannot pick and choose the superiors they follow. Either execute to the best of your ability or get out.
Whose Squad? My Squad Was the Best. An Essay by William Marshall
I’ll never forget the first real question my squad leader threw at me. “Which squad’s the best in this unit, Marshall?” SSG Arroyo barked.