As a former Air Force officer, I like to “talk trash” when it comes to interservice rivalry. Today, however, I must commend the folks serving aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan and other U.S. Navy vessels in the Pacific as they risk radiation contamination while conducting rescue and recovery operations in Japan. The video below tells [...]
U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Aviators Risk All to Help Japanese Following Earthquakes, Tsunamis
March 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Turmoil in Libya Brings Back Memories
February 21st, 2011 · No Comments
Every time Muammar Qaddafi makes the news, I’m reminded of something that happened almost 25 years ago when I was serving as an Air Force public affairs officer at McConnell AFB in Wichita, Kan. After the Libyan dictator was blamed for the deadly April 5, 1986, bombing of a Berlin discotheque frequented by U.S. service [...]
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P90X Plyometrics Will Begin in 5 Minutes!
January 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brace yourself. Some of the personal information I share below might fall under the category of TMI (i.e., “too much information”). Blame it on cold weather, a comfortable couch, to-die-for foods like pumpkin pie and plenty of college football on the tube, but I found myself weighing 207 pounds the other day and [...]
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Experts Agree: It Was A Missile
November 20th, 2010 · 35 Comments
In a post Nov. 9 about the apparent launch of a missile off the California coast one day earlier, I wrote: As a former Air Force public affairs officer who served for nearly two years with the 381st Strategic Missile Wing — think Titan II ICBMs — at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., [...]
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Three-Star General Shows Support for Army Officer Challenging Barack Obama’s Eligibility to Serve
August 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments
Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney (Ret.) has supplied an affidavit in support of Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the flight surgeon wiling to risk a court-martial in order to determine whether or not Barack Obama is eligible to serve as president of the United States. General McInerney is the highest ranking officer yet to [...]
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Truck Explosion at San Antonio Refinery! (Update)
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments
An 18-wheeler being loaded with fuel exploded in southeast San Antonio today, according to a local news report. The explosion took place at the AGE Refining Inc. refinery located at Southeast Military Drive and South Presa Street. This marks the second major incident to take place at the refinery which supplies jet fuel for the [...]
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Tea Partiers, Militia Linked to OKC Bombing?
April 15th, 2010 · No Comments
With the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing only days away, I’m troubled by the fact that Ed Kelley, top-dog editor for OPUBCO (the largest news operation in Oklahoma) continues to promote the government’s version of what happened in downtown Oklahoma City April 19, 1995, despite the fact that the story has been proven [...]
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