As you already know, I’m the garritrooper in this outfit, “too far forward to wear a tie, and too far to the rear to get shot at.” But that doesn’t mean that I don’t know some things about wading in…
Category: Military and Veterans
A Memo on the Vietnam Draft, a Prelude for 21st Century Vets
(This is a set-up piece, a prelude, as to why we need a corps of veterans out there teaching young kids about America. Like any military exercise, we have to 1) know the objective and 2) and know the size and power of the…
Gotta Smoke? The Veteran’s Edition
I once heard Paul Harvey say It’s the sound of work boots going up the steps, and the sound of bedroom slippers coming down. Mr Harvey was comparing America to Europe at the time, and it was the 1960s.…