TOTD 04 APR 2020: After pulling the pin, the grenade you’re holding is not your friend.

I understand our Army had to stop training 'boots' to throw hand grenades because too American males now throw like girls. Proving my theory that soccer is a communist plot.

Saving Our Lives (in ‘Nam) – Reduxed yet again by ST

I don’t know any men who served in VietNam. Because I had an intimate working-class friend, I did make the acquaintance of one or two of them briefly. But of the doctors and lawyers I know, my circle: no. My title is a reference to a tag line from the immediate post VietNam era: “He … Continue reading Saving Our Lives (in ‘Nam) – Reduxed yet again by ST →

Humor in Uniform

A Marine Drill Instructor, known for his insensitivity and tough demeanor, during roll call one day ended his talk with, “Oh, by the way, Kowalski, your mother died last night.” A couple of weeks later, he told another future Devil Dog in the same manner, “Don’t bother calling home this weekend Johnson, your house burned … Continue reading Humor in Uniform →

U.S. Navy Reservist Not A SEAL Is Avoiding Sea Duty…

...only to scarf up the Post 9/11 GI Bill when 'volunteering' to serve in a landlocked country such as Afghanistan. Temporary duty in Kabul's Green Zone was a paradise compared to life underway; and every comfort of home plus then some were provided to those POGs (Person Other than Grunts) courtesy of the American and … Continue reading U.S. Navy Reservist Not A SEAL Is Avoiding Sea Duty… →

Saint Valentine’s Day Poem

Time to tweak this bad-boy. Just wanted to bring it to mind and tell you I wrote it on Valentine's Day after finishing a plate of baby-back ribs at Applebees, cold and alone on FEB 14. I asked the waitress for a piece of paper and pen because the poem sort of fell into my … Continue reading Saint Valentine’s Day Poem →

Achilles in His Tent

Simon’s Letter to President Trump

The Bible and the Final Frontier

My husband and son went to DC this past weekend for a guys' sports trip - encompassing a college basketball game and wrestling match at son's alma mater, American U, and hiking around his undergrad haunts in the beautiful spring-like weather. They went to the National Cathedral for Mass Sunday morning and were surprised and … Continue reading The Bible and the Final Frontier →

Winning the Peace: Defined.

Our current “strategy” seems to be designed to make Iraq a vassal state of Iran while spending over a trillion dollars to improve the infrastructure in Afghanistan before turning it back over to the Taliban. I haven’t seen it written so succinctly anywhere but that is sorta kinda how it looks from my bunker here … Continue reading Winning the Peace: Defined. →

Winning the Peace (Ch. 5)

A feel good but secondary mission is to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the citizens of the various Partner Nations. Winning the Peace (WtP) Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) may support when feasible, freedom of religion with the end-state being that a Muslim could convert to Christianity and not face death for … Continue reading Winning the Peace (Ch. 5) →