Me at Baghdad's Camp Victory in early 2004  I'm a Vietnam veteran as well as a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, so I know a li...

To those of you who enjoy social networks such as Facebook, may you heed this warning. I recently received a “friend” request from a man in...

The global intelligence experts at Stratfor have produced an excellent essay on the past, present, and likely future of Afghanistan. If you...

The following article was posted on military.com. While the Iraqis will certainly be glad to run their own country, it is still annoying tha...

The following article discusses the problems in negotiations between Iraq and the United States on our continued presence there: * * * * ...

If anyone has any doubts that we are in a proxy war against Iran (both in Afghanistan and Iraq), then check out this article: * * * * Lon...

Success in Iraq will depend on how the Iraqi government deals – or fails to deal – with the Shiite militias like the Mahdi Army. To watch a ...

I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith. Timothy 2:4:7 The following posting is much the same as it was w...

One day in 2004, my team and I stood by at the front doors of the Water Palace (Al Faw Palace) at Camp Victory. As a protective service det...

Back in 2004, the Mahdi Army consisted of only a few thousand members, mostly young street hoodlums attracted to Muqtada al Sadr because his...

When Iranian boats approached our ships with threats that “the ships would explode”, such imminent danger to our warships and service member...

My “series” of posts on Muqtada al Sadr and the Mahdi Army continues. Al Sadr may be trying to position himself in order to eventually dec...

A couple of days ago, I posted a piece on Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army and the threat it poses to the future of Iraq. The American and ...

There will come a day when the United States largely pulls out of Iraq at the request of that nation’s leaders. If our goals are met, then ...