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Time Out for Tampons! Women In Combat

December 3, 2015, a day that will live in infamy for the United States, Defense Secretary “Ash” Carter (ironic for that is certainly what he has made of the world’s once most powerful military) unilaterally and against expert advice to … Continue reading

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Stop This Pretend War…NOW!!!

If someone had told me I would be making a statement like this from the time I graduated boot camp at MCRD Parris Island in 1969 until our money-saturated, beltway bandit cycloptic response to Afghanistan and Iraq, I would have knocked … Continue reading

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“The Wrong War”…..or….”Bing’s Bullshit”

I apologize up front for the language in the title.  I abbreviated the last word and it just didn’t “sing”.  Let me begin by agreeing -in limited concept- with Mr. West in regards to his emphasis on modified battalions and … Continue reading

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