NOTE: This article is not pro-mask, anti-mask, pro-vax, anti-vax, deadly virus, or non-deadly virus, ad nauseum. If you read that into my words then Continue Reading
Whose Freedom at What Price?
It seems that a huge percentage of the U.S. population believes that they should have a right to know everything about everything, as long as it's a Continue Reading
Find Your Clouds and Don’t Let Them Slip Away
I've been blessed to spend quite a bit of time with my grandchildren recently and all of them are elementary school age and younger. We have spent Continue Reading
The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf
Once upon a time, there was a General in the Pentagon who was in charge of all the F-16s in the Air Force and he found out about a very dangerous Continue Reading
Why Gallows Humor is Essential in the Military
For the most part, the huddled masses know nothing of the concept of gallows humor, and yet for many in the military, it's just a part of who their Continue Reading
Waving Bye-Bye to Miss American Pie
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 21, 2020. ___________________ Don't get your hopes up that I'm going to write about the movie because Continue Reading
I Hear Ghosts
One of my favorite movies is "12 O'Clock High" starring Gregory Peck, who, along with Jimmy Stewart, happens to be one of my favorite actors of all Continue Reading
How I Stayed Grounded with 40 Years’ Experience in Civilian and Military Aviation
Just as a preface, this story has a point. Mainly that there are lessons I learned early in life that has stood me in good stead. Such as the need to Continue Reading
Not a Defense of the U.S. (Ch)air Force
So I’m not going to try to defend the accusation of being the Chair Force, not really the military, hardest thing for the AF is not having four towels Continue Reading
Mandatory Awards: No Thanks…Oh It’s Either That or an Article 15?
Directly from the Air National Guard Yellow Ribbon webpage: “The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 established the Yellow Ribbon Continue Reading
I Died Inside Years Ago, So Now I’m waiting for My Moronic Outside to Catch Up
A few days ago I posted this on a buddies FB page in response to an article about how much time kids are spending on smart devices and that they Continue Reading
Equal Pay for Equal Work
In my last article, I talked about a U.S. megacorporation. Here are the opening paragraphs from that piece: "There is a mega-corporation here in Continue Reading
