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Around 8 am local time on Jan. 13, Hawaiians received what will probably (hopefully) amount to the scare of their...
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On the morning of Aug. 20, the USS John S. McCain reported a collision with a commercial tanker, the Alnic...
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Last night, two destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawks into Syria as a response to President Bashar Al-Assad’s...
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Community

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Yesterday, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning resulting in a flurry of opinions on social media (myself...
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VAMPIRE! VAMPIRE! VAMPIRE! When I was in the Navy, it was my job to push the button. I was a...
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Community

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There has been quite a lot of noise of late from our collective military and veterans communities regarding IAVA’s Commander...
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Leadership

Thunderbirds Commander’s New Book Is More Of What We Already Know

I recently had the pleasure of reading “Breaking the Trust Barrier: How Leaders Close the Gaps for High Performance” by...
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DEBATE THIS: Should Assault Weapons Be Banned In The United States?

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