Last week I read the alarming headlines. West Point cadets will no longer be inculcated with and committed to the values of “Duty, Honor, Country,” the motto of the United States Military Academy since the end of the 19th Century….
The headline in the Washington Times reads: “West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement.” The letter announcing this from West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland recommends that the iconic phrase be replaced with the following mission statement:…
The private-eye hero of my just finished new political thriller, The Apocalypse Mask, is a 30-something ex-Army Ranger who left the military because of its increased wokeness. Mark Slade didn’t quit out of political conviction but for self-preservation. He just…
Jerome R. Daly, the helicopter pilot who became a Catholic priest, flew 2,000 hours in three tours. He earned 80 (this is not a typo) citations for bravery, including the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Bronze Stars for…
The military has a recruiting problem the likes of which it hasn’t experienced in 50 years. For reasons domestic — a public that perceives its fighting forces to be focused on social engineering and progressive signaling while entry-level jobs abound…
Gen. Bernard W. Rogers died on Oct. 27, 2008, after serving our country for over 47 years. He served honorably and valiantly through three wars and rose to become chief of staff of the Army, lead the U.S. European Command,…
The White House is currently deliberating on whether Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown or Marine Corps Gen. David Berger will replace Army Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Whoever is chosen will…
In the words of Claudia Pemberton, “America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.” Although I don’t speak for Ms. Pemberton, one assumes that the award-winning author and very proud member of the Military Writers Society of America…
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, speaking to cadets at West Point in 1962, said: “[Y]our mission remains fixed, determined, inviolable. It is to win our wars.” MacArthur continued: All other public purposes, all other public projects, all other public needs, great or…
