Diversity - one of those "intangible" Army benefits
As I attended the Fort Hood Asian Pacific Heritage Celebration last week, I thought about how foreign a lot of the dance, food and cultural elements would have seemed to me before I joined the Army....
View ArticleArmy Family - the real "network"
I used to see cell phone commercials where a mass of people known as "the network" followed around a certain cell phone user - standing by ready to support. In many ways, the "Army Family" is that...
View ArticleLegacy
Throughout my days, months and years of service, I’ve been so busy “Soldiering,” that I’ve never really stopped to consider that my service is part of a larger “legacy.” Seeing Army veterans recently...
View ArticleSports Heroes
I was fortunate this week to accompany 30 Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division up to the Texas Ranger / Chicago White Sox baseball game in Arlington, TX. I grew up in Texas and followed the Rangers...
View ArticleDoc!
During my 16-plus years of service, virtually every Army medic with whom I have worked has been affectionately called "Doc." Once a medic earns that nickname, he or she has truly been accepted by...
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