By Request: Introducing “Simon Templar!”

Greetings ST, and All the UnWoked/UnVaxxed! His Graciously UnleashWokedness/UnVaxxness has asked yours truly to reflect once again on his transformation from an “international man of mystery” (IMOM) to an instantly recognizable man of action/raconteur known as: “Simon Templar”. Therewith comes a tale. Let me say at the outset that simplicity suits the truth best. A … Continue reading By Request: Introducing “Simon Templar!” →

By Request, “Introducing… Simon Templar!”

My Inspiration for this post. Greetings ST, 'Ettes, 'Sieurs, and All! His Graciously Unleashedness/Unwokeness has asked yours truly to reflect on his transformation from an "international man of mystery" (IMOM) to an instantly recognizable man of action/raconteur known as: "Simon Templar". Therewith comes a tale. Let me say at the outset that simplicity suits the … Continue reading By Request, “Introducing… Simon Templar!” →

By Request: All in a Day’s Work with Simon Templar and Friends

Greetings to the Netizens of ST's Unwoked & Unvaxxed! In our prior exploration of the story of ST, we met him and several of his international colleagues in the atmosphere of some well-earned recreation after a series of annual/semi-annual, coordinated drug-interdiction exercises [“Exercise Fuerzas Unidas-Contradrogas Riberena”] with partner nations all up and down the “spine” … Continue reading By Request: All in a Day’s Work with Simon Templar and Friends →

By Request, “Introducing… Simon Templar!”

By Request: Long-Distance Micromanagement of “Rules of Engagement” [ROE] Interferes with Carrying Out Battlefield Decision-Making, and Potentially Costs Lives

Change my civilian, military - particularly Marine - loving mind. Note: An engagement in Mogadishu, Somalia, 1992, described in _When the Tempest Gathers_ pages 46-61, first introduced me to the folly of "risk-aversion-to-the-nth-degree". But it is by no means the first, or last, example of such behavior.

By Request, “Introducing… Simon Templar!”