Breaking the Faith
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…
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The Sound of Freedom
Recently, a citizen of Coupeville, Washington wrote a letter to the Whidbey News-Times. She voiced an often-heard complaint that the jets from the nearby Naval Air…
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…
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 