I am aware of PTSD

Sunday 27 June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day. The Veteran’s Administration reports that about 11-20% of Iraq and Afghanistan War vets have or have had PTSD, and many million more citizens have it from trauma, abuse, and other causes. It is a big deal. I think I spent much of my career in…

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Things I never said to my father

My father passed away unexpectedly several years ago. I wasn’t ready for that: there were so many things I never said to him that I wanted him to know: Dad, thanks for providing for our family: we never went without a meal, never went without a house to call a home, never went without an…

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Why an Army?

The 246th birthday of the founding of America’s Army is Monday. On 14 June, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to raise “six companies of expert riflemen.” The very next day, George Washington was appointed to command these companies and the rest of Continental forces that would be formed. Washington’s commissioning oath should sound familiar to…

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Thinking in time, 77 years ago: D-Day

June 6, 1944: The U.S. and our allies launch what was then the largest seaborne and airborne operation in history, Operation Overlord. Paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions loaded late at night on the 5th, along with other allied airborne troops, and dropped behind enemy lines an hour after midnight to secure the…

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