Bob McCarty Writes

MREs be damned! It appears that at least some members of the U.S. Army are eating well, thanks to members of the United States Army Culinary Arts Team, the national military culinary team. The USACAT team won a gold medal at the 2010 Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg for their cold food table, consisting of [...]

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Each year as Veterans Day approaches, I share “My Father’s War Stories From World War II.” Written by my 86-year-old father, Ted, the stories first appeared in his self-published 1992 autobiography, Some Events in One Life: Mine!, and offer firsthand accounts based upon his time served as a low-ranking enlisted man in the U.S. Army [...]

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Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin has now been officially charged in writing with two crimes by his employer, the U.S. Army, according to a post published today on the American Patriot Foundation web site.  The charges: “Missing a troop movement” is a serious crime in the nature of a felony for failing to deploy to Afghanistan; [...]

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In case you’re one of those who finds yourself whining about too much snow and thinking that winter has made your life uncomfortable, think about our fighting men and women serving in Afghanistan are enduring. The U.S. Army photo above, shot by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest, shows a U.S. Army soldier from the 118th Military Police [...]

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As an Air Force officer for almost seven years, I became familiar with a document used to both assess how some event, activity or operation turned out and offer recommendations about what could be done to improve the same next time it took place.  We called it an “After-Action Report.” Three days after Army Maj. [...]

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On the occasion of Veterans Day 2009, I pay honor to those who’ve served and/or paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing a series of war stories that holds a special value in my heart, because they were written by my father, Ted. He served as a low-ranking enlisted man in [...]

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U.S. Army soldiers pay final respects during a memorial service July 20, 2009, honoring three fallen comrades killed in action from a rocket attack on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 16, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 34th Infantry Division’s 34th Military Police Company, Special Troops Battalion.

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