We Must Honor the Dead by Celebrating Life
MENTOR. I don’t know why I wrote this. I was just driving down the road 15 minutes ago and thought about him. I’ve never understood death very well. I didn’t…
Phobia – Understand?
Understand that a phobia is much more than just a fear. It is an irrational, overwhelming, uncontrollable fear of a specific object or event. Many warriors have reported “performance anxiety…
Persona – Friend or Foe (parts 1 & 2)
Persona – Friend or Foe (Part 1) By David K. Devaney SgtMaj USMC Retired “John is an ambiguous man;” maybe, but likely NOT. Almost all humans have a persona or…
We Must Fight!
Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister during WWII said: To every man, there comes in his lifetime, that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered…
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The Thin Blue Line part 2 – Remembering All
THIN BLUE LINE It’s that time of the year again – Police Memorial Week. It’s a time when communities and the nation’s law enforcement formally remember those fallen servants who…
Every Marine is a Rifleman – All of MY Marines (Corpsman) Were Part 1
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 160112 So, why do most Commanding Officers (and their enlisted advisors) fail to ensure their Marines are trained as riflemen? Not infantrymen, but riflemen. There is…
Every Marine is a Rifleman – All of MY Marines (Corpsman) Were Part 2
PART 1 During 2003 while we were pre-staged in Kuwait (LSA-7 – Camp Coyote), waiting for the order to attack into Iraq, our CADRE, which had grown to about 30…
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Life Instead NOT Death
If I was your friend and we served together and you died doing what you believed in, would your soul wish I had a terrible life of pain and suffering?!…
A Time to Heal and the Importance of Operational Debriefs
A Time to Heal and the Importance of Operational Debriefs Post Traumatic Growth PTG 160510 A message to all combat vets…………………. The Bible tells us that, “There is a time…
The Smell of Death – and a Failure in Articulation
Diatribes of a Knucklehead 160119 More than once I have had an American civilian ask me about my ability to barbeque? Yes, BBQ? Apparently there are combat vets that cannot…