The Power of Vulnerability
I stood in front of my command, and hesitated. Did I really want to do this?
I stood in front of my command, and hesitated. Did I really want to do this?
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…