3rd ID Soldier’s Nightmares and the Jarhead’s Solution
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 160115 During 2006 I was assigned as the Marine 1st Sgt for the Inspector Instructor (I-I) Staff on Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah Georgia. I was also…
In Depth Tactical Solutions
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 160115 During 2006 I was assigned as the Marine 1st Sgt for the Inspector Instructor (I-I) Staff on Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah Georgia. I was also…
SLEEP. “No man knows but a soldier, how sweet sleep is.” So the Iraqis are raining down RPGs like mortars on us and one of my Corpsman tells me, “First…
Post Traumatic Growth 160304 The Will to KILL. You are the weapon; everything else is just a tool. As a peacekeeper, your job is not to kill, it is to…
New Shoes On. What is it? On is a Swiss running shoe company and they tout their “clouds” that make up the sole of the shoe. I wasn’t sure what…
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 151219 My Book “They Were Heroes” has plenty heroes, but today I would like to inform others of another hero, one of my former Animal Company…
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 151217 American has over 10 million veterans under the age of 65 (see ref); men and women who are trained with weapons and defensive tactics. What…
What goes on around you… compares little with what goes on inside you. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) I will paraphrase Dr. Dave Grossman here: Everyone has been given a gift in…
Some people, who likely know nothing about the Bible, will give you their version of one of the 10 commandments: “thou shalt not kill.” To them this means there is…
On March 12 of 2015 I gave a speech for the “Grand Rounds” at the VA Hospital in Washington DC. One of my main points was the lack of trust…
By Sergeant Major David K. Devaney USMC Retired 17 July 2015; the day after four U.S. Marines were murdered and could not defend themselves because of laws; laws that should…