Jury is out on women succeeding in combat arms
Today, in Lexington, Virginia, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, in a speech to the Corps of cadets at the Virginia Military Institute, outlined the U.S. defense strategy, the importance of…
Surviving the Transition
I never thought the transition to civilian life would be something that would contain much struggle. I would have said calling it survival was a great exaggeration, and that it…
What Is Your Warrior Ethos from Arminius Tribe
The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are – Plutarch We are all Warriors. We all fight wars. Wars in your work, in your…
More Precious Than Diamonds
Don’t be a dumbass today. Connect. “To see someone you love release their pain from their eyes isn’t as if those rivulets of moisture are magnificent tears more precious than…
Chasing the Dream from Arminius Tribe
I was watching the eight o’clock news with my parents, it was 1986 and I was 11 years old. The reporter had an announcement to make, ‘Secret Special Forces Unit…
The Battle of Pointe du Hoc; on June 6 1944, the Army Rangers scaled 100-foot cliffs to disable the German positions
A nauseous medley of diesel engine smoke, of the smell of burnt gunpowder from our naval fire and the salty sea air was turning my stomach. I was deafened by…
No Beast So Fierce
If you watched the movie Reservoir Dogs and recall Mr Blue then you might know he was played by writer, actor and ex con Edward Bunker. Bunker retooled the Akira…
Sunday Inspiration: This is my Soul and I won’t Go Easy!
A man proclaims,”I am a man!” To whom does he speak this? The woods, the rocks, the sky, the universe? He should know it in his bones and let the…
What is Your Quest for Fire?
Just some random thoughts for the evening. There are moments when I look at my past with an equal amount of fondness and pain. I think for most of us…
When We Die
“When we die, and follow the hounds into the hollows, and the great spirit into the glen, where mead flows and delivers a river of happiness to all who drink…