“SWO Life – more like No Life Amirite?” – Part 2
In the Navy…
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Category: Military
“SWO Life – more like No Life Amirite?” – Part 1
Why can’t the Navy keep it’s Surface Warfare Officers? An analysis alongside personal recollections from LCDR Fish.
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The Hero’s Journey
I would title it Hero’s Duty, but thats too obvious toilet humor.
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Allamakee County Chronicles XXVII – Booze
We all know about it.
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Nothing is Over
Nothing!
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The Perfect Socialist Society… (and Why It ALWAYS Fails)
It took me a while to stumble into the realization that the U.S. military is a socialist’s wet dream, but the discovery helped me to understand why Socialism Always Fails.
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Lights Out! (Redux)
For those of you stuck in Texas wondering how it is the power is still out, fear not. I will not,...
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Protestants and Pacifism in the Early Modern World: Part II
One of the cornerstones of libertarianism—the non-aggression principle—can be explained as a refusal to engage in offensive violence while retaining the right to resist personal threats vigorously, even to the point of using lethal force.
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Protestants and Pacifism in the Early Modern World
This is not a topic I would have naturally written about, but SP made a comment that got me thinking…
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Excerpts From An After Action Review
I am not at liberty to say how, or from whom I received this. You will have to read to see why you...
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Profiles in Toxic Masculinity XIII – Saburo Sakai
With last week’s presentation being an American hero of the Pacific War, it seemed appropriate this week to present a figure from the other side.
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Warp Speed Mr. Sulu
Leave…it to…the Shatman…to….finally create…controversy…we can really….bitch…about.
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Profiles in Toxic Masculinity XII – John Basilone
An adventurous lad, John dropped out of school at age fifteen and went to work as a caddy for a local country club until he was eighteen, when he began his military career.
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Feedback Requested
If we want to have this discussion, we need to be willing to recognize where the real problems are.
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Quack Medicine
You sure about this? I am not a doctor…
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