The Flight Deck

If any DC area Flight-Deckers are out an about on Saturday the 4th of December, I wanted to pass this along to you. The Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Fairfax, VA (12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Drive) is having a sale, but that’s not the reason I’m mentioning it. From 3-5 PM, LtCol Seth Folsom will sign [...]

Am I the only one out here who thinks that the Transportation Security Administration needs a change in policy regarding the use of “profiling” as part of our screening for terrorists attempting to fly into the United States post 9/11? Profiling is “bad.” Oh, really? It is politically incorrect. It can (and historically has, in [...]

My shipmate Dave (who goes by the name of Uncle Cobs), is just starting his Individual Augmentee (IA) training prior to a one year deployment to Iraq. He set up a blog over here to keep us up-to-date on his progress. Interesting stuff for us Navy-types. Drop by and say “Hi” if you get a [...]

Three years ago today, Al-Qaeda attempted to destroy the heart of London. They failed. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

‘I Can Put It Toward My Husband’s Next Training Camp’ * * Former Nova Scotian Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, wife of terror suspect Qayyum Abdul Jamal, arrives at a Brampton, Ont., courthouse on June 6, 2006. Ontario prosecutors stayed charges against her husband and three others this week. (NATHAN DENETTE / CP) That’s right, Cheryfa MacAulay [...]

This is what courage, honor and duty look like: “The agony is in the loss of all the “small” things, which really aren’t small at all, like going to bed and waking up together, watching him sit on the floor and play with the dogs, day-to-day conversations about the grocery list and the news. Living [...]

It doesn’t work. About two months ago, I wrote this: I’ve read passing references to these vile plans for awhile, and like some half-remembered bad dream I’ve tried to ignore them, maybe hoping IVAW wasn’t really planning what headlines implied. But today John linked them and I finally read their website. Until that point, I’d [...]

I should’ve put this up earlier, but things got busy. Vets for Freedom is a non-partisan, non-profit organization founded by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and headed up by Pete Hesgeth. Their mission is “to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying our [...]

Update: Part II of the Ambassador’s interview is up, including some corrections. As I mentioned to Fliterman in comments at Neptunus Lex, I recently had the opportunity to conduct a one-on-one interview with Ambassador Charles Ries, the senior American in Iraq responsible for economic matters. It was a fascinating interview, and the overview/introduction is now [...]

but your friends do. One of the better documentaries I’ve seen recently. Thx to Uncle Jimbo and Chap. I liked it, and now it’s your turn. Bookmark to: Hide Sites