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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
This will be one of my longest blog postings to date based upon the last few days that I’ve experienced as an Officer in the United States Army.
In a unique turn of events in life, I ended up in the company of heroes. In doing my part in learning and ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
With General McChrystal is justifying to the National Command Authority his request of 40,000 additional Soldiers and Marines, the tension with Iran is growing by the minute.
President Obama’s announcement over the weekend regarding the Iranian nuclear enrichment program is also disturbing to say the least. Given the instability in the ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
For the past few weeks the Army community has been flooded with discussion and controversy surrounding the Army Combat Uniform better known as ACUs to all of us who wear it. The Army times has published a series of articles concerning the original study and fielding of the ACU. The ...
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Having been in a few units in the military I have seen my fair share of truly inspirational leaders and than those who should have never been permitted to lead themself let alone anyone else. I have thus learned that this is directly applied to the civilian world and is just as relevant ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Tomorrow marks a monumental date in the history of the Afghan people. Not only will they be voting for the presidency of their troubled nation but, they will be doing so under the hands of the Afghan people. The election of 2005 was facilitated through outside nations and this year ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Having a drill weekend tends to throw a slight kink into any normal work week. It’s even more complicated when you have to travel for your civilian job immediately after it...
I spent the week in Detroit Rock City with co-workers hosting an extremely large Military Vehicle Expo at the Cobo ...
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009
This past week an article was published (http://bit.ly/10ggXE) and widely circulated regarding a possible ban on social networking sites by US Strategic Command (STRATCOM). BIG MISTAKE!!!!!
There are so many security concerns with the internet but, a blanket ban would cripple the morale and general well being of the hundreds of ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
While enjoying a glass of wine Thursday night with my girlfriend awaiting our meal in NYC, we were surprised, delighted, awed and even took part in the spectacle that is the President of the United States (POTUS) motorcade. Wherever you are in the world, the President has an enormous entourage. And regardless ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Having spent 21 days training with my soldiers up in Massachusetts I came back into the office today after celebrating the 4th of July with my family to find over 1360 emails in my inbox.
If anyone reading this has ever spent time in the field with the military you can ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Well first hello to everyone and thanks for checking out DefenceIQ.com. I am Sean Pillai the publisher for the site and on some weekends/weeks/months; I also work as an Officer in the Infantry in the National Guard. Similar to the Territorial Army the National Guard works on homeland security issues ...
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