I’m sure that nearly everyone has heard the term “Death by PowerPoint,” and just as many have suffered through those hour-long nightmare briefings Continue Reading
Help the Dorks Become Sgt Hulkas
Most everyone is familiar with the book, We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lieutenant Continue Reading
The Passover Party
A while back I wrote an article for The Havok Journal entitled: “Why Gallows Humor is Essential in the Military.” It covered some of the background of Continue Reading
Air Support – Before it’s Overhead
Listen. I’m not at all interested in defending against the Chair Force digs or the accusation that the USAF isn’t really a military branch. Most of Continue Reading
Will ChatGPT Replace Human Writers? A Look At Both Sides
Prologue Yeah, I know, a prologue is normally applied to books and not articles, so sue me. It’s a good way to explain the concept of this article Continue Reading
Working Like a Dog in the Military
Some of my earliest remembrances are just of me being surrounded by movement, but it was all in the dark. The movement seemed familiar, like somehow, Continue Reading
The End of Free Speech: This Isn’t America Anymore
This isn’t going to be a long article because I don’t want the message to get lost in the words. For the first time in my life, I am really and Continue Reading
The Air Force Generation Gap: When the Show Ponies Kill All the Warhorses
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 2, 2020. _____________ A few days ago I stumbled across this post on LinkedIn. "In an Continue Reading
The Air Force is Suffering from Toxic Shock Syndrome
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 6, 2020, but the issues discussed remain just as relevant today. _____________ I can't Continue Reading
Election Integrity – An Open Letter
To all election workers and politicians. This is going to be short and to the point so that there will be no misunderstanding. Millions of Continue Reading
Spot the Poser
I've mentioned before that I really enjoy observing human behavior and one of my favorite scenarios is group interactions. Some of the best and most Continue Reading
Babies and Bathwater: Don’t Throw Away Your Country for Sins of the Past
I had a dream last night where I was walking down a street lined with average American homes. As I passed one home, I saw a naked baby crying in a Continue Reading