Wanted; a Commander in Chief

By: Erick Brockway (Diary)  |  August 30th at 04:37 AM  | 

Sorely missing our previous one about now As a military person, there’s a hole in my heart where a President used to be. I didn’t agree with George W. Bush politically all the time (enough to vote for him twice), but one thing I did agree with; he did his best for his troops. Make the argument, if you will, that troops in Iraq were | Read More »

One Final Duty?

By: Erick Brockway (Diary)  |  August 23rd at 03:42 AM  | 

Where do you go with this? h/t to Amy who is righteously outraged… You’ve stormed the beaches of Normandy. You saw guys you went to Boot Camp with, been through Basic Infantry School with. Ate chow, pulled them out of the dumps when they got “the letter” from their girl, saw them mowed down when the ramp dropped on the Higgins boats before they even | Read More »

Fighting Against Hatred

By: Erick Brockway (Diary)  |  August 9th at 02:53 AM  | 

My Own (Note This I started to write months ago. I took a break, hoping I’d feel differently.) It hardly seems possible, January 20th was just a couple of months ago, and it seems like a lifetime already. I feel like I’ve aged five years in a little over two months. So much has happened so fast, and I can’t fathom sometimes the implications of | Read More »