Dogs are man’s best friend so the saying goes. Here in ‘Merica dogs are for a lot of folks part of the family. I have three dogs myself and consider myself a dog person. I am not the only one that feels that way and throughout my military career the different units I was in had an assortment of adopted and befriended canines. We seemed to pick up one of theses furry guys every time we stopped long enough to make a semi permanent base of operations. Read More...

My proudest possession is the Combat Infantry Badge which I was awarded for service in the Korean War where I served with the 24th Infantry Division. I have a miniature version I wear in the lapel of my jacket. Read More...

The lights from our makeshift runway were pieces of $#!@, pure and simple, and by “runway” I mean a rare piece of paved road in northern Pakistan that itself was barely above the quality of tightly packed sand.  The day was two weeks before my 25^th birthday, January 9, 2002.  The desert wasn’t hot, it sweltered.  Fixing one of our 30 remote controlled lights on our runway, I came to the realization that this was the best time of my life…in a sandbox far away from home. Read More...