Why Veterans Hate Posers So, So, So, SO Very Much by Scott Faith I think it’s logical for people who have never been in the military to wonder why some veterans have such a deep, abiding, and visceral hatred of military posers—the people who pretend to be what we are. After all, this is a free country, what’s the harm in a couple of lies to impress a girl, score a free … [Read more...]
Congress, Stop Buying Us S#!t We Don’t Need
Congress, Stop Buying Us S#!t We Don’t Need by Scott Faith No one speaks for all veterans, but there are things veterans can all agree on. One of them is this: Congress, we want you to stop buying us shit we don’t need. As just one example of Congressional budgetary malfeasance, the Army was forced to buy tanks it doesn’t want and can’t afford to maintain… and this … [Read more...]
Back to Iraq: “Put Me Back In, Coach” or “Let it Burn?”
Back to Iraq: "Put Me Back In, Coach" or "Let it Burn?" by Scott Faith Author's Note: This article was first published in September of 2014. While several facts on the ground have changed since then, my attitude about what to do about it hasn't. What is YOUR opinion? Like many members of the U.S. military, I served in Iraq multiple times. I was there in 2004 during … [Read more...]
Calm Down, Sparky. No One’s Trying to Draft Your Dumb Ass.
Calm Down, Sparky. No One's Trying to Draft Your Dumb Ass. by Scott Faith Everyone, just calm down. Right now Colin Kaepernick has a far better chance of getting drafted for the NFL than you do for WWIII. So what's the fuss all about? Well, after the news broke that President Trump ordered the "droning" of Iranian terror mastermind General Qasem Soleimani last week, the … [Read more...]
Soleimani Smoked: Did The US Just Kill Iran’s Top Terrorist… In Iraq?
Soleimani Smoked: Did The US Just Kill Iran's Top Terrorist... In Iraq? by Scott Faith When I heard that rockets impacted Baghdad International Airport earlier today, I assumed it was the latest minor skirmish in the tit-for-tat going on between the American military in Iraq, and Iran's terrorist proxy forces. Up to this point, the most significant development in that … [Read more...]
Benghazi 2.0? U.S. Embassy in Iraq Under Attack
Benghazi 2.0? US Embassy in Iraq Under Attack by Scott Faith The US Embassy in Iraq, a sprawling, $750 million facility housing 5,500 Americans in downtown Baghdad, is under attack. Parts of the compound are in flames, armed and angry locals are roaming the grounds at will, and U.S. personnel have retreated to internally-secure locations. The situation has many Americans … [Read more...]
8 New Year’s Resolutions for Veterans
8 New Year’s Resolutions for Veterans by Scott Faith If it takes you a whole year to resolve to do something that could significantly improve your life, are you really likely to stick with it? I’m guessing probably not; otherwise you would have started already and wouldn’t need a major holiday to make you keep with it. Let’s face it, New Year’s resolutions are almost … [Read more...]
PTSD: “Drama” is Not “Trauma”
PTSD: "Drama" is Not "Trauma" by Scott Faith This first appeared in The Havok Journal September 30, 2014. It seems there are a lot of people out there these days who don’t quite understand PTSD. I specifically include myself among them; PTSD is a complicated subject, and my medical knowledge is limited largely to what one might be exposed to in bar fights and on … [Read more...]
So… Is President Trump “Impeached” Or Not?
So… Is President Trump “Impeached” Or Not? by Scott Faith The vote is in. On a mostly-party-line vote of 230-197 (with a handful of Democrat voting "no" and one notably voting “present,”) President Trump became just the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. …or did he? Well, the entire Democrat Party and most of America seems … [Read more...]
4 Rules for Supporting Special Operations
4 Rules for Supporting Special Operations by Scott Faith Because of my professional background, I get asked a lot about what it’s like to work within the special operations forces (SOF) community. I served in a number of different SOF units over the years, and between deployments and CONUS training missions, I worked with most of the major ones. These days, I work with a … [Read more...]
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