Off The Battlefield: Leave No Soldier Behind

members of the AFF veterans shooting team and family on the range

“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 …

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Will We Keep Our Republic?

Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it.

5 Reasons the USA is the Greatest Country Ever Conceived

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‘Murica; What are the top 5 reasons the United States is the greatest nation ever conceived by mankind? Economic Power: The USA is one of the world’s largest economies, with a GDP that is larger than any other country. Many people see the US economic system as one of the main drivers of its success …

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Where is Your Loyalty?

Military Oath

Where is your loyalty?  I have talked to a few people recently that I consider friends. One works to support veterans. Another tries to shape future generations. Someone else asked me why I am retiring. A yet different person asked me to continue service in an alternate capacity.  I fully intend to continue service in …

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Bud Light flap offers a road map for taking our country back

In a sane world, Alissa Heinerscheid, vice president of marketing for Bud Light, would be out of a job following her disastrous decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to promote sales of a product that has appealed to working-class, ordinary, and decidedly unwoke people for generations. The move has led to a boycott …

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Little America Has a Big Heart

Last night, my spouse called out to me to come upstairs from my basement lair and watch TV with her. Normally, that is a request I might normally have dodged, but since Marquette and Baylor had just destroyed my bracket, I decided to go see what cooking show, HGTV special, or “Housewives” episode had caught …

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WW3 Watch: Neocons Who Never Served Are Calling an Iraq War Veteran “Chicken” Because He Doesn’t Want the US Involved in Ukraine

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) served in the United States Navy, and his military record, via Wikipedia, is shown at the right. Not in combat himself, he nevertheless saw what happened to our soldiers and Marines in the meatgrinder that was Fallajuh. Bill Kristol, born on December 23, 1952, is the son of Irving Kristol, who …

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Why I left the Army I loved after 7 years

Why I left the Army I loved after 7 years West Point and the Army never had a real draw for me growing up.  Frankly, I was more interested in the Coast Guard Academy, having grown up near the ocean, sailing and scuba diving from a young age.   But Military Academies held a certain romance.  Leaving one’s home …

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Tales of The Trail Boss: Part 3: The Great Train Robbery

Tales of The Trail Boss: Part 3: The Great Train Robbery When last we met, I regaled you with a story about the epic battle between The Trail Boss and Tallil Tom, an Iraqi turkey with a bad attitude. This time the saga continues with, The Great Train Robbery. In this episode, I’ll introduce another …

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Elections And War

     Elections and war; Whose rules does a successful military use to win battles? Is it the enemy’s rules? I’m asking because some seem to think, in politics, that we should play by the opponent’s rules.      Someone, somewhere else, came up with the idea that we should begin to march as our opponents …

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Alma Womack on the Super Bowl

No, dear hearts, I did not watch the Super Bowl on Sunday for several reasons. One, I have no television service since I am battling Directv over canceling Newsmax. Two, I wouldn’t have watched it if I had three television satellite networks, because I promised myself when ol’ Capricorn, Kapernick, whatever, was kneeling and disrespecting …

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