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December 31, 2011

The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be: Happy End of the Old Year and a Better New Year

Happy New Year (Art by Judy) “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM Well finally we come to the end of the year 2011. That being said we can … Continue reading →

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October 14, 2011

The Navy is the Future of National Security

USS HUE CITY CG 66 in the Arabian Gulf 2002. “I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm’s way.” John Paul Jones “Without a decisive naval force … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2011

An Introduction to D-Day and the Normandy Campaign

The author with Marines at Point du Hoc, Normandy in 2004 Every year about this time I try to write about D-Day. Last year I posted several articles as I had in 2009 as well. This year I spent more … Continue reading →

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December 23, 2010

NUTS!

Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe On December 16th 1944 the German Army launched an assault in the Ardennes Forrest completely surprising the thinly spread American VIII Corps. The German 6th Panzer Army, 5th Panzer Army and 7th Army attacked and advanced … Continue reading →

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June 14, 2010

The Breakout from Normandy

Map of Normandy Breakout The breakout from Normandy by Bradley’s 12th Army Group at St Lo opened a realm of possibilities for the Allies to defeat the German Army in detail and end the war. Unfortunately for the Allies the … Continue reading →

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June 8, 2010

D-Day and After: Battling Through the Bocage

US 155mm Howitzer in Normandy. The American artillery was considered the best branch of the American combat arms by the German commanders It took nearly a week for the American V and VII Corps on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach … Continue reading →

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February 4, 2010

Padre Steve’s Military History and Theory Articles

I am not normal, ask anyone who knows me. I am a Priest who is also a military history and theory “wonk.” I guess part of the reason for this as that I did not begin life as a clergyman. … Continue reading →

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Tagged as afghanistan, COIN, french algeria, french indochina, George Patton, iran, iraq, quadrennial defense review, rush limbaugh, sean hannity, the DIME, us army, us marine, vietnam war, world war ii

December 18, 2009

Marshall, Eisenhower and Senior Military Leadership

Great military leaders are the products of the militaries in which they serve. This begins in their early career and includes their education, training, assignments as well as the men that they serve under in their formative years. They are … Continue reading →

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December 5, 2009

The Paradox of Conflicting Doctrine: The US Campaign in France and Germany 1944-1945

The Paradox The paradox of the American Army’s training in speed and mobility and the strategic tradition of U.S. Grant influenced the final campaign in Germany just as they had the campaign in France. This is one of the Russell … Continue reading →

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November 17, 2009

Wacht am Rhein: The Battle of the Bulge

The Decision Adolf Hitler gathered with the Chiefs of Oberkommando des Wehrmacht on September 16th 1944 at his “Wolf’s Lair” headquarters in East Prussia. The situation was critical; he had recently survived an assassination attempt by Army officers … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: George Patton

The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be: Happy End of the Old Year and a Better New Year

The Navy is the Future of National Security

An Introduction to D-Day and the Normandy Campaign

NUTS!

The Breakout from Normandy

D-Day and After: Battling Through the Bocage

Padre Steve’s Military History and Theory Articles

Marshall, Eisenhower and Senior Military Leadership

The Paradox of Conflicting Doctrine: The US Campaign in France and Germany 1944-1945

Wacht am Rhein: The Battle of the Bulge

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