I remember the headlines of many of the websites and papers after they discovered a resource office, Scot Peterson, stayed outside while 17 people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on a February morning in 2018. Last week, Scot Peterson was charged with multiple counts of child neglect. Is Peterson a coward? Yes. Should he ever be a police officer again? … [Read more...]
Filthy Thirteen: Symbol of American Fighting Spirit
Filthy Thirteen: Symbol of American Fighting Spirit by Major Mike Kelvington Units in the Airborne Divisions portrayed characteristics and a culture symbolic and unique to paratroopers. A demolition section attached to the 1stBattalion, 506thParachute Regiment, 101stAirborne Division, nicknamed the “Filthy Thirteen,” provides a great example. They were not the “Dirty … [Read more...]
Building a Winning Culture: Easy Company, Unit Cohesion & Grit
A group of individuals who came together to become one of the tightest fighting forces in World War II was the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, specifically Easy Company. These young men, glamorized in the Stephen E. Ambrose book and HBO Series, Band of Brothers, epitomized the culture of Airborne units. Stephen Ambrose chose to write about these men because he “astutely … [Read more...]
Paratroopers of WWII: Double Volunteers
When soldiers are asked why they volunteered for the paratroopers, their responses come in many forms. Many men signed up to be in the Airborne because they possessed a desire to fight for their country after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.[1] Many believed it was their patriotic duty.[2]Family was another reason. There were those who had relatives in WWI and figured that it … [Read more...]
Roots of Airborne Success: the Parachute Test Platoon
The American Airborne concept, first suggested in World War I, became a need heading in to World War II. The war started years before direct American involvement. The Airborne concept had to quickly yield results to support the allied cause, which at the time of its creation, was losing in both the Pacific and European theaters. While there were no Airborne units in the … [Read more...]
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception by Major Mike Kelvington On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to General Dwight D. Eisenhower about calling off the parachute operations associated with Operation Overlord. Leigh-Mallory warned Eisenhower that he … [Read more...]
Remembering Our Fallen
I remember them, all of them. Every day. I don’t live for them, I could never do this justice. I cannot hold myself to any expectation worthy of their sacrifice because I could never earn what they willingly gave. Nobody can. Nobody ever could. We cannot live for them. But we can live. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” … [Read more...]
2nd Rule for the Counterradical
Rule #2: “The people possess far more intelligence than is currently developed.” Even the least educated and inexperienced individual can grasp incredibly complex concepts and ideas if provided in the context of their own cultural background and societal experience. The, not-so-very-liberal, liberal radicals who’ve so successfully assumed near absolute … [Read more...]
#FREEEDDIE: The Plight of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher
I was caught off guard when Tim Parlatore, the attorney for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, returned my text message with a call from an out of state phone. I would have imagined it would take much more work to track down the attorney charged with defending a client in such a high-profile case, accused by his own teammates of war crimes and facing the possibility of life in prison. … [Read more...]
Actions Speak Louder than Words for America’s Veterans
Written by Special Guest Author: Kelly Altschwager I wasn’t raise in a military household; however, I do specifically remember being raised to know why we, my sister and I, were afforded the greater things, such as freedom, opportunity and safety in life. Each year, we went to the Memorial Day service at a cemetery in Hazelhurst, Wisconsin, and talked to men who had served … [Read more...]
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