This photograph needs no explanation.... * * * * SFC Chuck Grist www.AmericanRanger.blogspot.com

I recently returned my "Thank You" to the VFW for delivery to a group of hospitalized veterans at the Kansas City VA Medical Cente...

I heard from one of my new correspondents in Baghdad, Lt. Matt Belfi (see my post on Matt - "Lieutenant Matt Belfi: Philly Cop & W...

As time permits, I am working on a book about my 2004 tour in Iraq. The following is an excerpt from chapter 4 of that book. It is appropri...

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” General Douglas MacArthur I’m off to Fort Stewart, Georgia, for a few days of mobilization ac...

When I returned from Vietnam in 1971, I was not the same young man who entered that war with determination, patriotism and a positive attitu...

I received a tentative date for my mobilization, but with my long experience in and out of the military, I believe that I will just wait for...