by Bob | Apr 9, 2021 | Books, Movies and TV shows
The Line High Praise for The Line from Publishers Weekly: “Mayer has crafted a military thriller in the tradition of John Grisham’s The Firm.” Kirkus: “So convincing, that by the last page, readers may doubt the official version of the last 50 years.” Written by a New...
by Bob | Mar 20, 2021 | Survival
Rogers Rules Major Robert Rogers in 1759 wrote Standing Orders, Rogers Rangers, from lessons learned in the first 3 years the Rangers were formed. These are at least 17 rules. Simple rules, but learned at the cost of blood. All SOPs are guidelines. Standard Operating...
by Bob | Apr 25, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
Someone asked me if I was incensed when I saw that Trump had ordered the Academy to hold graduation so he could speak. Actually, I kind of shrugged when I saw the news. BTW– there’s Ronald Reagan at my graduation, which was his first public appearance...
by Bob | Oct 12, 2019 | Hidden History
Many people consider the two the same, but I don’t. One is inward oriented, the other outward. At West Point we had to memorize quite a bit of ‘trivia’ otherwise known as Plebe Poop, which is self-explanatory. One bothered me a lot: In 60 major...
by Bob | Sep 28, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
At times in Special Operations where we’d run into guys from other units and when we were alone we’d ask them if they were doing this high speed thing or that which we’d heard rumors of. And they would say they’d heard WE were doing it. Yeah....
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