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September 11, 2011

The 9-11 Generation: The Few

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers….” Winston Churchill referred to the Royal Air Force’s heroism in the Battle of Britain. He remarked “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2011

Never Forget: 9-11-2001

It has been ten years since we saw the horrifying images of airliners crashing into theTwinTowersof the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, ten years since we saw people plunging to their deaths to avoid being burned to death in … Continue reading →

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September 7, 2011

Reflections on 9-11-2001: How the Day Changed Me….

We are coming up on the 10th anniversary of a date that changed the country. I wrote about it last year in an article entitled 9-11-2001: A Date that Will Live in Infamy 9 Years Later. This year I am going … Continue reading →

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June 11, 2011

Why History Matters: The Disastrous Effects of Long Insurgency Campaigns on the Nations that Wage them and the Armies that Fight Them

French Mobile Group in Indochina “Any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General [Douglas] MacArthur so … Continue reading →

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May 28, 2011

Memorial Day 2011: Counting the Cost of War and Remembering its Brotherhood

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…” William Shakespeare “Henry V” “Heroism is latent in every human soul – However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) … Continue reading →

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March 1, 2011

No Illusions: The Cost of the Long War and its Potential impact on the United States

Libya: One of Many unanticipated Crises There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited. Sun Tzu Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning. Erwin Rommel The United States and its Allies … Continue reading →

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December 31, 2010

Let’s Share a Pint for Auld Lang Syne: Padre Steve Remembers 2010

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup ! and surely I’ll buy mine ! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Second verse of Auld Lang Syne Happy New Year from Padre Steve In his book A Tale of two Cities Charles … Continue reading →

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November 11, 2010

Veterans Day 2010: Counting the Cost of War

“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.” General Robert E. Lee Veterans Day had become a rather somber occasion for me over the past decade and since returning from Iraq in … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2010

Goodbyes and Prayers: Sending Friends off to War

My little war within the war, Christmas with the Bedouin Yesterday I was honored to be at a pre-deployment ceremony for a number of my shipmates from Portsmouth Naval Medical Center about half of I know fairly well. There were … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: afghanistan casualties

The 9-11 Generation: The Few

Never Forget: 9-11-2001

Reflections on 9-11-2001: How the Day Changed Me….

No Illusions: The Cost of the Long War and its Potential impact on the United States

Let’s Share a Pint for Auld Lang Syne: Padre Steve Remembers 2010

Veterans Day 2010: Counting the Cost of War

Goodbyes and Prayers: Sending Friends off to War

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