Quarantine Contemplations
“You know why animals die in cages? Their soul dies.” – Joe Exotic It’s late April as I write this, and week six for me in the great COVID-19 pandemic…
Tyler Ashley Singer Soldier Songwriter
Tyler Ashley grew up in Nashville, TN listening to every major country music singer from the 90s, alongside rock bands ranging from Styx to 5 Seconds of Summer. After moving…
The Truth About Motivation (Part 2)
In part one of this article series I addressed what I would consider to be the dark, cold, hard truth about bout motivation. The fact that you just have to…
Where are we?
“Hello, my name is Joe Friday, and I’m a cop.” That’s how it starts, right? The movie line… It might as well start this way here. For one, I can’t…
How the Few Became the Proud
I reviewed How the Few Became the Proud, Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique, 1874-1918. I think I always took it for granted that Marines called themselves Marines with distinction since…
Fun Things To Do at Home: Explore your Warrior Heritage
Most people are interested in where they come from. There is a basic human desire to identify your people and learn their customs and tales. For some, it is as…
Meditation, the Master Habit
Meditation, the Master Habit Great work on surviving quarantine and seeking knowledge to improve yourself. Don’t believe all the social media “influencer” hype making their transitions to solitude seem effortless…
The Awakening: A personal dissertation of living life after a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
I have intimately known the depths of despair, darkness, brokenness, helplessness, torn, confused, begging God to take me because I am too much of a coward to take myself. To…
Personal Security during a Pandemic
As you are all well aware, a pandemic, the novel-Corona (COVID-19) virus, has been sweeping the globe, and with it, leaving bare shelves and a panicked populace in its wake.…
Whose Fault is it? A Look into the responsibility for the Preparedness of our Officers
A while back, a picture from 2013 of a Law enforcement officer at a critical incident with his optic mounted backwards had surfaced again with renewed criticism from the peanut…