This past fall, the military blogosphere was awash with think pieces on “Lethality,” a focus of the 2018 National Defense Strategy released over a year ago. A…
Continue reading → Ready to Fight: The Importance of Lethality
Congratulations! You have been selected to be an Executive Assistant to a General, Admiral, or high-ranking civilian. You will find this to be one of…
Continue reading → The Executive Assistant Billet: Keys to Success
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the significant ties which have connected them to a certain tech…
Continue reading → Why I’m ditching Google…and you should too
Within the larger controversy of the recent deployment of more than 5,000 active duty military personnel to our southwest border, a chorus of disingenuous voices…
This post is inspired by Bryan Trottier's "Letter to Myself" Although I've never met him, I had the privilege of serving with his son-in-law on a…
At the dinner table the other night, our three-year-old reported that her class had cupcakes at preschool that day, to celebrate the birthday of one…
A little over a year ago, I celebrated Independence Day at Osan Air Base in South Korea. The 51st Fighter Wing put on a terrific 4th of…
I wrote in a previous post that one of the ways my military career has influenced my parenting is the idea of “starting with the…
Continue reading → Instilling Traits and Values: Starting With the End in Mind
I have up until this point demurred from writing about the recent defense authorization bill that will reduce future cost of living adjustments to military…
I'm fortunate this year that life has slowed down enough for me to give serious thought to what I'm thankful for: - A house that's…
