The Home Team
When I was six years old, my father worked with a man from Texas. His son had outgrown his Dallas Cowboys jacket, and it was…
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A Letter to a Veteran
I’m the son of a son of a Sailor. My grandfather served in the Pacific during the Second World War aboard the USS Florence Nightingale…
Honor, Courage, and…. what’s that third one?
Lieutenant (junior grade) Eric Kettani got some disheartening news from the Navy. His saga is described in detail in a recent Navy Times article. Long…
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Time Away
I have been on TDY (temporary duty) this week, attending a training course in Tampa. It’s the equivalent of a business trip in the civilian…
The Case for Learning a New Language
I was in Washington, D.C. last week participating in a conference at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, a section of the National Defense University…
Never Forget
“The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized. This is the moment of clarity. Let the civilized toughen…
No, the other Doctor Spock…
When I found out my new job would involve the Caribbean, my first step was to pull up Amazon to find books on the region's…
Turning Corners
As a father, I am often relieved when a corner is turned in the development of my children. When the baby finally sleeps through the…
Introduction
To paraphrase the scene in the hospital chapel from "We Were Soldiers," I truly believe that when it comes to being a father and a…
Father, Sailor, Citizen 