Archive for August, 2015
First: bravo to the three Americans who took down an armed terrorist on a French train. Those men are true heroes, and as a National Guard soldier myself I’m extremely proud that one is a fellow Guardsman. I have nothing but praise for them, and hope to shake their hands someday. Having said that, and […]
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Tags: active shooter, armed citizens, veteran writers
The Duty to Not Make S**t Worse
Doctors have a guiding principle: “First, do no harm.” Their most important job is to not cause more damage. “Given an existing problem, it may be better not to do something, or even to do nothing, than to risk causing more harm than good.” This is a good life principle. If I don’t know how […]
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Tags: 2nd amendment, armed citizens, conspiracy, ferguson missouri, open carry
About 2/3 of the way through my Afghanistan deployment, a new intelligence lieutenant arrived at my firebase. By this time my team and I had been in country for a while, had been in several engagements, and had a reputation for being outside the wire all the time. I was an E-7 with twenty years […]
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Tags: Afghanistan, Chris Hernandez, combat, veteran writers
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