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Tag Archives: politics
The flag is more than piece of cloth whether you like it or not
By Peter Sessum The American flag has been in the news a lot lately. Last month, a photographer took a picture of a baby being cradled in an American flag being held by a person in a Navy uniform and … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Kicking Some Knowledge
Tagged Air Force, American Flag, Army, current-events, Enlisted, Flag Code, Military, Navy, politics, protest, Sailor, Soldier, UC Irvine, US Flag, Veterans, Vets
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Be Grateful for the Support or it Will Go Away
By Peter Sessum In a recent New York Times (NYT) article veterans weighed in on how they felt about civilians thanking them for their service. I have talked to a number of vets about this and while we all agreed, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Afghanistan, Army, Blue Falcons, Civilians, Combat Zone, current-events, dogtag chronicles, Experiences, Marines, Military, politics, PSYOP, Service, Thank you, Veterans, Vets
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Stop Contributing to Post Traumatic Stress: Vets are not all crazy
By: Peter Sessum Every veteran has heard this in some way, shape or form. Usually by some uninformed individual that is in no way qualified to make that diagnosis. One reason why it is one of the more powerful ways … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Kicking Some Knowledge
Tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, Army, Bully, Combat Zone, crazy, current-events, dogtag chronicles, Harassment, Infantry, Life Skills, Military, politics, Post Traumatic Stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTS, PTSD, Shell Shock, stop contributing to post traumatic stress, Veterans, Vets
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Deserter Returns to Undeserved Hero’s Welcome
By: Peter Sessum Five years ago this month Army Private First Class (PFC) Bowe Bergdahl walked off his firebase in Afghanistan and was promptly captured by the Taliban. Last week his release was secured by trading five high ranking Taliban … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Afghan, Afghanistan, American Captive, Army, Bowe Bergdahl, Combat Zone, current-events, FOB, Grunt, Infantry, Military, politics, POW, SGT Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban
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Whistle-blowers are not all created equal
By Peter Sessum With Bradley Manning’s trial being over and Edward Snowden still in the wind, whistle-blowers have been in the media a lot lately. There is this cultural perception that the government is always up to something sinister and … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Kicking Some Knowledge
Tagged Abu Gharib, abu gharib prison, Afghan, Afghanistan, Apache, army reservist, Bradley Manning, defense secretary donald rumsfeld, Edward Snowden, Geneva Conventions, GWOT, Iraq, Military, NSA, NSA leaks, politics, War crimes, Whistle blower, whistle blowers, Wikileaks
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The Honor is in the Serving, Not the Dying
For obvious reasons I am connected to a number of military and veteran blogs and social media profiles and lately I have found a disturbing trend. Too many people glorify dying for their country or the desire to do so. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Afghanistan, Air Force, Army, Combat Zone, Fallen, Marines, Military, Navy, politics, Remember the Fallen, Sailor, Soldier, Veterans
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Political Correctness Does Not Belong on the Frontline
By: Peter Sessum There is a vicious, misogynistic attack against Muslim women involving the U.S. Navy and it needs to stop. Women who are almost universally believed to be oppressed by their culture are being attacked in a way they … Continue reading
Check Your Priorities
By: Peter Sessum So there I was, in Afghanistan, no shit. I was standing in the terminal at Bagram Airfield waiting to fly to Khowst Province. I had a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) slung across my front, a rifle … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, So There I Was
Tagged Afghanistan, Army, Baagram, current-events, Danny Chen, Experiences, FOB, Government Waste, Kwost, My Deployment, politics, PSYOP, Senate Hearings, So There I Was, Superbowl, Veterans, Wardrobe Malfunction
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Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Month By Recognizing True American Heroes
By: Peter Sessum When most people think of the “Greatest Generation” they picture a platoon of fresh faced, corn-fed farm boys from the Midwest and one wise cracking kid from Brooklyn. It is the movie stereotype of the WWII American … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Real Heroes
Tagged API, Army, Asian American Heritage Month, Combat Zone, Gothic Line, Internment Camp, Japanese Americans, Leadership, Mission, Nisei, Pearl Harbor, politics, Veterans, Vets, WWII
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You fight on your terms but you win on their terms
By: Peter Sessum Why did the U.S. win WWII? it wasn’t because we coordinated with the Soviets to overrun Berlin or we dropped a couple atom bombs over Japan. That is how we fought the war, we won because both Germany and Japan surrendered. That is … Continue reading →