I loved being a soldier, more than most! It was what I was meant to do, the warrior spirit of my Iroquois ancestors courses through me. But I wasn't Continue Reading
Military Leadership
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
Why Many of Our Troops will Needlessly Die in the Next All-Out War
In my current job, I get to talk to tons of military aircraft maintenance personnel from all branches. Some of them are recently separated, some are Continue Reading
The Fall of Rome: Even the Legions Experienced Toxic Leadership
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM UT: GENERALIS FLAVIUS AETIUS LEGATUS AUGUSTI PRO PRAETORE EX: GENERALIS GNAEL MALLIUS MAXIMUS Continue Reading
The Air Force Needs Fewer Leaders and More Wrench-Turners… Here’s How to Get Them
There is a mega-corporation here in the U.S. where the CEO tells every employee that they must move up within the company and eventually achieve top Continue Reading
The Handbook is Missing: Stoic Lessons for Leadership
by Major Christopher M. Davis, USMC As his parachute drifted downward, after his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam, James Stockdale Continue Reading
Making the Transition to an Army Lieutenant
by LTC Bernard House, courtesy of Military Mentors. This article first appeared in Military Mentors and is re-posted here with their Continue Reading
Not Being There
by James Webb Not being there in the suck was probably the toughest part of this war to me, at least. I had the opportunity to attend the world's Continue Reading
The Importance of Leadership in Multidomain Operations
by Robert Shawlinski, James Perdue, and SGM Clayton dos Santos In recent years, the United States (U.S.) Army has been studying weapons and Continue Reading
Ranger School is Not a Leadership School
by Major John Spencer This is another excellent article from Major John Spencer at the Modern War Institute (MWI). This article was originally posted 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
Shades of Influence in Leadership: Are you in the box?
by Major Juan Remy This article is not about defining or expanding on what leadership is or is not. Instead, it portrays or discusses the gray Continue Reading