Category Archives: War

He who pays the piper calls the tune

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Gary Alexander

Last night during the Super Bowl I found myself in a pitched Face Book battle in which I was one again cast as Leonidas in the narrow pass of Thermopylae with scant few fellow Spartans. At the mouth of the … Continue reading →

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In war there are the “lucky” and then there is Steve Young

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Gary Alexander

“The reason my responses are limited is because I am at work. Some of us weren’t lucky enough to be war heroes, so we still have to work for a living instead of being able to rely on a monthly … Continue reading →

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‘Fury’ heightens the bar of war cinema

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Gary Alexander

What “Saving Private Ryan” did for the frontal assault and combat realism, and “Das Boot” did for the suffocating horror of dying in small, enclosed spaces and what “Platoon” posited about struggling to retain ones humanity and soul while taking … Continue reading →

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Our Flag …. “a living thing.”

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Gary Alexander

In this digital, disconnected age of “me… me… me”, I mourn the loss of true patriotism in my country. We have a president who initially refused to wear a flag lapel pin, didn’t bring hand to heart during the National Anthem and … Continue reading →

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As far as I’m concerned… it’s a man’s world

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Gary Alexander

  A couple of days ago I willingly engaged in a back-and-forth with a long ago public school friend of mine when he popped up on Facebook as he does every few months. Steve (his real name) is a classic, … Continue reading →

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Respect… a two-way street

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Gary Alexander

Dear Joyce, I read your post (below) this morning and I am compelled to address your observations therein: “I’ve always been under the impression that members of the military were bound to respect their leaders. Open disrespect for the current … Continue reading →

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‘Missing’ Chamberlain Medal returned to his home

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Gary Alexander

Stories about the Medal of Honor… the actual medal itself… are varied, fascinating and often test the boundaries of the odds and belief. One Recipient requested that the name of his mother, who died just shortly before he was to … Continue reading →

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Random and indiscriminate fire…..

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Gary Alexander

You’re in luck, it’s Scatter Shot Monday: The death of a Navy SEAL and veterans advocate, Chris Kyle, last week was a shock to the national veteran community. It also prompted the left-wing ghouls to use the murders of Kyle and and … Continue reading →

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A Christmas present for John F. Kerry

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Gary Alexander

I thought 2004 would be the last of John F. Kerry–who served in Vietnam (and Cambodia)  I’m told–but no; rising like a political third-string zombie he still haunts the Senate chambers contaminating its importance and history. Worse, Kerry will soon … Continue reading →

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No Country for Old Men………………

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Gary Alexander

There is little to be gained from this election’s continued vivisection; the left’s polls were pretty damned accurate… the U.S. electorate has changed far more than Real America thought and much more quickly. What we assumed to be over-optimistic left-wing … Continue reading →

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