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• We Are Not All in the Same Boat. We Are Just in the Same Storm. October 9, 2026
  There is an appealing simplicity to the phrase “we are all in the same boat.” It suggests shared danger, shared sacrifice, and shared responsibility. It reminds us that whatever differences existed before the crisis began, we now face the same wind and waves. The expression is intended to unite us, and sometimes it does. But […]
  Charles Faint
• Greater Love Hath No Man Than This October 9, 2026
  Twenty years after Medal of Honor recipient Michael Monsoor gave his life for his brothers, we still carry his sacrifice and the memory of all our fallen who never came home. By Mike Sarraille Navy SEAL Michael “Mikey” Monsoor died on a rooftop in Ramadi, Iraq, on Sept. 29, 2006. In doing so, he saved […]
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• December 19 October 9, 2026
  By an Anonymous USAF Brat It was cold. Not the New England kind of cold but the bitter, biting, wind-driven cold on an overcast day that fit what we were doing. As I stood there on the crest of the hill, I surveyed the terrain, looking at avenues of approach, natural lanes of egress, positions […]
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• Want to Know the Morale of a Police Department? Ask the Cops October 8, 2026
  If someone asked me how to determine the morale of a police department, my first question would be simple. Who are you asking? If you are sitting down with the chief, deputy chief, captains, and members of the executive staff, you are going to learn something about the organization. You are going to hear about […]
  Sergeant Ayman Kafel, MSC
• Excerpt from Costa’s War October 8, 2026
  By Mark Rubinstein Editor’s Note: This excerpt from Mark Rubinstein’s Costa’s War follows a young soldier’s arrival in Vietnam in 1968 and the first moments of a war that will change him for life. Prologue I went to Vietnam thinking I understood danger—the way a man thinks he understands fire because he’s felt the heat […]
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