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The Real Life Forrest Gump

The Real Life Forrest Gump

My wife and I were visiting the Vietnam Wall memorial early one morning with plans to grab a few photos.  I was taking in the sights and emotions, listening in...

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The Real Life Forrest Gump

My wife and I were visiting the Vietnam Wall memorial early one morning with plans to grab a few photos.  I was taking in the sights and emotions, listening in...

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Project 100,000 - The government's 1960's program to send low-IQ troops to war

Project 100,000 - The government's 1960's progr...

Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense to recruit soldiers who...

Project 100,000 - The government's 1960's progr...

Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense to recruit soldiers who...

The Battle For Corregidor

The Battle For Corregidor

The drop at Corregidor began at 8:30 AM on February 16, 1945. In two lifts, 82 C-47’s of the 54th Troop Carrier Wing carried 2,050 men of the 503rd from...

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The Battle For Corregidor

The drop at Corregidor began at 8:30 AM on February 16, 1945. In two lifts, 82 C-47’s of the 54th Troop Carrier Wing carried 2,050 men of the 503rd from...

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Bad Leadership - A Look In Retrospect

Bad Leadership - A Look In Retrospect

I recently asked you all for input on what things you think make for a "bad leader".  I took your comments, added my own thoughts, and this is the result. ...

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Bad Leadership - A Look In Retrospect

I recently asked you all for input on what things you think make for a "bad leader".  I took your comments, added my own thoughts, and this is the result. ...

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Money

Money

Money.  It makes the world go round.  I want to share my thoughts and things I have learned as an enlisted Soldier. Surviving on an E1 paycheck was tough in...

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Money

Money.  It makes the world go round.  I want to share my thoughts and things I have learned as an enlisted Soldier. Surviving on an E1 paycheck was tough in...

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COP Keating - The Battle of Kamdesh

COP Keating - The Battle of Kamdesh

6:50 AM: “WE’VE GOT ENEMY IN THE WIRE!”  With casualties mounting and the enemy fire unrelenting, Romesha raced over to LRAS-1 to check on Specialist Zach Koppes trapped inside. Smoke...

COP Keating - The Battle of Kamdesh

6:50 AM: “WE’VE GOT ENEMY IN THE WIRE!”  With casualties mounting and the enemy fire unrelenting, Romesha raced over to LRAS-1 to check on Specialist Zach Koppes trapped inside. Smoke...