What is this incessant need and desire of the President to continually inform the enemies of the United States of our military intentions? This military retiree finds it extremely galling to observe the Commander-in-Chief standing in front of the world attempting to explain a military retreat when our troops are fully engaged with the enemy [...]
Osama bin Laden is dead, buried beneath the sea and being served up as dinner for a number of unknown species. Very appropriate. But it’s not over, there are still Islamic extremists who intend to do harm to as many “infidels” as possible. We cannot allow ourselves to let down our guard or become complacent. [...]
With the horrendous shooting tragedy of last Friday in Tuscon, Arizona little other news has been able to filter its way to the surface. One event worth mentioning is the passing of Richard “Dick” Winters on January 2, 2011 with private funeral this past Saturday. He was an extraordinary American in every sense of the [...]
One interview with “Rolling Stone” magazine did what the Taliban could not do, take out the Commanding General of all armed forces in Afghanistan. Read the “Rolling Stone” interview. What a way to take the focus off of a pesky oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. While General McChrystal has spent most of his [...]
It pains me to even type the title. In a travesty of honor the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has announced that the 10th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship will be named after John Murtha, Congressman and former Marine who died February 2010. This is a ship that will be used to transport [...]
In the President’s State of the Union speech he mentioned repealing the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding gay members serving in the armed forces. Once again the military must bear the brunt of a politically correct whim in social experimentation. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, [...]
When battle-hardened Navy SEALs bring in a known terrorist and then face court martial charges this country has a serious problem when it comes to winning a war. This particular group of SEALs were successful in hunting down and capturing, alive, Ahmed Hashim Abed. In 2004 Abed, the alleged planner, was responsible for helping to [...]
Americans have now had some time to digest the horrific shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas that resulted in 13 killed and 30 wounded. What is emerging appears to be the criminal act of a lone, despicable, cowardly loser. By all accounts this Army psychiatrist was reportedly a marginal performer who recently transferred to [...]
As the President meets with his advisors to discuss whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan the lack of military knowledge and inexperience on the part of Obama is overwhelming. How does one conjure up a viable combat strategy who has never so much as even stood at attention in a military formation? [...]
The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, indicated in a report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents there will end in certain defeat. This report has left the President with no wiggle room when it comes to escalating the war. Now the Obama administration is pausing to contemplate “the [...]
