Bob McCarty Writes

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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Photo of the Week by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Peter Ford: U.S. Army soldiers prepare to take injured soldiers to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, June 3.  To see other photos of American warriors serving in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world, click here.

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I just posted a new video on YouTube that promotes My Father’s War Stories from World War II, a post I published Tuesday as a way to honor this Memorial Day all of those who paid the ultimate price in service to their country. The stories were written by my father, a man who fought [...]

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For the third consecutive year, I’ve chosen the days leading up to Memorial Day as appropriate for honoring all of those who paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing war stories written by my father, Ted, who served as a low-ranking enlisted man in the U.S. Army during World War II [...]

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In a post yesterday, Mitchell Langbert offers an insightful look at how U.S. Army soldiers are being required to disclose to their superiors all information about their firearms — personally-owned firearms.  Best of all, the look comes straight from an infantryman at Fort Campbell, Ky., and even includes a copy of a memo outlining what [...]

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By Bob McCarty Copyright © 2009 Bob McCarty Writes.  All rights reserved.  To request reprint permission, send an e-mail to BobMcCartyWrites (at) gmail (dot) com. * * * A controversy with life-and-death implications has been brewing for 12 months over the Army’s decision to deploy the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, a hand-held lie detector, [...]

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This morning’s headlines offer a strange blend of news and advice. Falling into the “news” category, “Green Ammunition” is the order of the day for the U.S. Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. In the “advice” category, I found two pearls of wisdom: First, never stop at Starbucks when you’re carrying $300,000 worth [...]

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