It’s hard to believe that I became 58 today. With less than two years before my mandatory Army retirement date, I am anxious to serve one mo...

History will record the actions of the men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment in 1965 as one of the most heroic efforts in American ...

As I prepare to leave for Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for a month or so, I pulled a couple of pictures out of the archives. Other than me, ...

It’s been over two years since this Vietnam veteran returned from duty in Iraq. I traveled to an Army seminar this past week and I had to pa...

I am leaving today for a brief trip to another military installation. The purpose of this assignment is to attend classes related to some of...

In only a few weeks, the soldiers we are training will be on the battlefield. Our mission is to prepare these warriors for the dangers they ...

“We regard Iraq’s success to be our success. And, God forbid, Iraq’s failure will also be ours.” Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq o...

It is always rewarding to watch skilled warriors perform their jobs. Many of my fellow soldiers at this training center have been mobilized ...

It is always interesting to travel in uniform. Unlike my return from Vietnam when some California hippies decided to spit on me, I’ve had no...

“People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell By this ti...

“You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.” Unknown...

“Without a doubt, of all the cities that I have visited in the East, Baghdad is the most beautiful and the most important, to my mind. It is...

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...

I heard from retired Colonel Logan Barbee in Baghdad yesterday. He continues working for the State Department and his message makes clear th...

“Arms once taken up should never be laid down but upon one of three conditions: A safe peace, a complete victory or an honorable death.” Je...

“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...

“The Sergeant is the Army.” General Dwight Eisenhower, WW II My orders have been issued calling me to active duty as of February 1, 2007 as ...

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...

One of the most professional soldiers I worked with in Iraq during my tour in 2004 was Colonel Logan Barbee who was a professor of agricultu...

There is no doubt that thousands of Iranian agents are inside Iraq and they are training, supplying and fighting with the various anti-Ameri...