Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
We spend billions on vessels to conduct naval warfare. Perhaps we should consider that sometimes the old methods are the best methods.
The idea of Ukraine getting US designed older F-16s is a noneffective miscalculation by uniformed bureaucrats in Washington.
We have previously noted how Joe Biden has managed to insult Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, and how that hasn’t produced the foreign policy results the President wanted. So now, with the United States military weakened by having send war materiel to Ukraine, and abandoned more in Afghanistan, Mr Biden has sent Secretary of …
The Russia v Ukraine dust-up is continuing apace, and Vladimir “Yes I’m former KGB” Putin has made a rare admission – that the Russian Army is running out of modern equipment. Business Insider has the news: Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that the Russian military needs to modernize its weapons if it is to …
Comparing former Secretary Clinton’s criminal mishandling of classified information to Donald Trump’s lawful exercise of executive power, is bogus.
“Stand your ground,” Parker ordered. “Don’t fire unless fired upon. But if they want to have a war let it begin here.”
The Army is the Master of Land Warfare for our time. It took 248 years to get to where it is today. Unfortunately, The Army is also Woke.
It’s been widely reported that recruitment levels across all branches of the U.S. military fell well short of expectations in 2022. The Army missed its target of 60,000 new troops by 15,000 – or 25%. Navy and Air Force recruitment were down as well. And the outlook for 2023 looks equally dismal. According to Military.com, …
In the shocking carnage alongtheu road to Kiev, one vehicle stood out, emblazoned with white, spray painted letters: “WOLVERINES.”
LEDE: The General Milley years were a disaster. But things are about to get much worse. I’m in the middle of an excellent biography of General of the Army George Marshall, volume three of four, George C Marshall: Organizer of Victory 1943-1945 by Forrest C. Pogue. While I’ve read multiple books on Eisenhower, Bradley, and …
America is fighting a World War against Islamists and a cultural Civil War at home.
As Memorial Day has passed and we have honored Americans who died in Service to our Country, World War 3 sits on our horizon.
The Disgraced, Distained, and Defiled War Dead, Memorial Day 2023 America’s Cultural Marxist jihad against the South demands the cultural cleansing of all things Confederate. Since Southerners are the greatest bulwark against the Cultural Marxists, as the true Human Secularist Totalitarians they are, it’s imperative to rob Southerners of their historical heritage of pride, independence, …
The Last Full Measure; This Memorial Day, Let Us Remember Those Who Gave It All for this Nation and the Principles for Which We Should All Stand When I was eighteen years old, I was stationed in the US Army’s Presidential Honor Guard in Fort Myer, Virginia. Typical of a young man that age, I thought …
A poem dedicated to all of my 1975 fallen West Point classmates, and all warrior brothers and sisters on Memorial Day. We remember and honor you. I will post this every year on Memorial Day. Warriors poem We were warriors made and formed, In a fortress of grey stone. All are souls that I admire, …
The Land of the Free Because of the Brave As it evolved from its original intent, Decoration Day, to honor those lost in the Civil War, Memorial Day is a way to honor all those who died in all wars in service to our country. But when I think about it, it means so much …
“On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.” -Dan Lipinski The wind whistles around her blonde hair as she sights in on her target. Tuning out the laughing chatter from the next stage, her …
In 1989 as I was covering the ill-fated occupation of Beijing’s sprawling Tiananmen Square by pro-democracy demonstrators, I bought a book entitled: “Thick Black Theory.” Of all the books I have read about China and the Chinese mind, this book by a Chinese scholar and politician named Li Zhongwu was the most revealing—and that includes …
The Readiness of America’s Military is Under Internal Attack. Recent Accidents in Army Aviation, and Response thereto, Indicates What Plagues Our Military