Bob McCarty Writes

Barely one week before election day, it’s time to review what I like to call the “year of foolishness” lived out loud by U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, a liberal Democrat running for reelection in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. On Dec. 16, 2009, Hare told Chris Matthews’ MSNBC audience he would welcome terrorists from Guantanamo Bay [...]

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While serving as an Air Force officer in Japan 20 years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Lee Greenwood perform his hit song, “God Bless the USA,” at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa.  Though I will always appreciate the original lyrics to the song, I recently concluded that they needed an [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Having spent more than three years as an Air Force officer living and working just a few miles down the road from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the island of Okinawa, I have a lot of respect for Marines.  Combine that respect with my love of high-performance aircraft, and I simply had [...]

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I had the privilege 20 years ago of working for Brig. Gen. Ralph T. Browning, a man who spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.  Through working for him, I feel like I know something about the character of John McCain. At the time, General Browning was commander of the [...]

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During the late 1980s, this former Air Force officer spent more than three years on Okinawa, a Japanese island which served as home to tens of thousands of United States Marines. During those years, I grew to respect the hard work, dedication and sacrifice that goes into being a Marine. Today, I feel obligated to [...]

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After reading an article, Military Fears ‘Unknown Quantity, in the Washington Times today, I’m saddened to report that a man I once respected and admired seems to have succumbed to “Obamamania” and thrown his support behind Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. That man is retired Air Force Gen. Merrill McPeak. He is described in the [...]

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[Editor's Note: A former Air Force officer who spent more than three years on Okinawa, I shared the island -- one-third the size of Rhode Island -- with tens of thousands of Marines and about 1.2 million Japanese hosts. To this day, I carry many memories of the Marines I met and befriended there. Below [...]

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