This month, I read two books back to back: Soldier’s Heart by Elizabeth Samet and Punching In by Alex Frankel. Both of these works are an excellent introduction into entry-level corporate culture and leadership development.
What makes our car magnets special
These days car magnets are everywhere and produced by everybody. What makes us different? we have had the privilege and honor of serving or have family members that have served in the armed forces. We don’t produce cheap designs and flood the market, we take our time to research and create designs that reflect the pride service men and women and their families have in our armed forces.
Military Dog Tags
Almost everyone has heard of dog tags at one time or another. Whether you have seen a teenager wearing dogs tags with their initials on it or actual dog tags which are worn by members of the armed forces, dogs tags are worn by many different kinds of people. Although they have become a part of mainstream fashion, true dog tags are much more than a simple piece of decorative jewelry. Military dog tags are worn by soldiers and other members of the armed forces as a means of …
Milton Sprouse Says The Roswell Object Came From Out Of This World
Like most UFO incidents denied by the U.S. Government, the 1947 Roswell crash refuses to go away quietly. Each time a government spokesperson invents a new explanation to contradict the theory that an alien spacecraft crashed near Roswell, one or more new witnesses come forward to support the original Air Force statement. That statement called the object a flying disc and left us with the impression that the occupants werent quite human.
To Serve – or Not
Bob Dylan wrote; “You’ve got to serve someone. Now it might be the devil or it might be the lord. But you’ve got to serve someone”.
How to Send Care Packages to Troops Overseas
Care packages for troops on duty overseas are not only needed, but are still the best way to say ‘thank you’.
Asymmetric Warfare And Apple Pie
Asymmetric warfare is as alien to average 21st century Americans as the Martian landscape.
Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, born 1915
After seizing power in a bloody CIA-backed coup, General Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile with a rod of iron for two decades, during which human rights violations became the norm of Chilean life.
Bombers of the Second World War
The life of a second world war bomber pilot was probably the most dangerous of all the armed forces of the second world war. Less than 50% survived their tour; each tour consisted of roughly 25 operations or raids with the chances of survival for each raid being 96%. That is what the commanders always told the crew before a raid to keep up morale. But if you compound 96% over 25 times, the survival rate was closer to 50%.
Hezbollah Weapons Systems
Iranian-Hezbollah-Rocket
Science Fiction Weapon Comes True
The research and development arm of the Department of Defense (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency or DARPA) is developing a weapon called MAHEM. This is patterned after Clarkes fictional “Stiletto”.
The History Of The Green Berets
Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker was behind the beginning of the green beret designation in the year 1953. Brucker began the designation which would later be realized by First Lieutenant Roger Pezelle who adopted it for his highly operative A-Team called the Operational Detachment FA-32. Rapidly, this little green beret would be seen on the members of the special forces units whenever these soldiers went out into the field. However, the US Army was not keen on making the …