During 2010, I researched, wrote and published several stories about issues impacting people on the front lines in defense of this country. I revisit some of those stories below: MICHAEL BEHENNA 1st Lt. Michael Behenna On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st. Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a [...]
Top Three Defense Stories of 2010 Revisited
December 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Marine Recruiter Uses Unconventional Approach to Snag Future Army Special Forces Warrior
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments
A few days ago, I interviewed a recently-retired member of the Army’s Special Forces whose name I cannot share for security reasons. In order to develop a better understanding of who he was before he joined the military and spent more than 20 years in uniform, I asked him if he had always aspired to [...]
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Thanks for the Memories, Bob Hope
December 13th, 2009 · No Comments
The “Bob Hope Christmas Special” from 1967, captured in the video above, reminds me of the many December evenings I spent during my 1960s childhood, watching the late legend of an actor-comedian and a cast of popular figures — including his orchestra, Les Brown and his Band of Renown — entertain the troops during the [...]
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‘Battle Carpets’ All the Rage in Afghanistan
May 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Since the dawn of time, soldiers have returned home from foreign battlefields carrying souvenirs to serve as reminders of where they fought and many of their fellow soldiers died. Most recently, some American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have returned home from deployments to the Middle East and Southwest Asia carrying Afghan “battle carpets.” Click [...]
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Will Mumbai Terror Attacks Spark New Conflict?
November 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Three days after it began, the terror attacks in Mumbai appear to be over. Unfortunately, those attacks might spark new conflict between India and Pakistan. The Times of India reports 195 people were killed and more than 300 injured as a result of the well-coordinated attacks at 10 locations frequented by Westerners in the cosmopolitan [...]
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Did Fast-Food Filmmaker Find Osama bin Laden?
December 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments
In the headline of an article published on its web site today, MSNBC asks the question, Did Morgan Spurlock find Osama bin Laden? According to the article, the film maker who gained fame for his 2004 film, Super Size Me, is making just such a claim. Furthermore, MSNBC reports, Morgan Spurlock has sold the rights [...]
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