Way back in the latter half of 2001, I had someone ask me this: “If you got on a plane…
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The One Chewing Gum and Smiling
A few years back, almost 30 now I guess, I was a firearms instructor and was at the range with…
Continue ReadingCelebrate Arrogance but Stay Humble
There was a time in my life, quite a number of years ago, when I was still aspiring to be…
Continue ReadingParalleling The Edge
Past experience has shown that all of us have times in our life where we feel like we’re “close to…
Continue ReadingLimiting vs. Empowering Yourself
A very wise man once said, although I argued with him about it for quite some time, “Everything is a…
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Semicolons and Life
I recently read an article about the new tattoo rage: a semi-colon. People are apparently getting them tattood anywhere and…
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Three teenagers attack an art teacher and beat her to the ground on video… A group of teenage girls trap…
Continue ReadingFighting Perspective
This article may not apply equally to all generations who read it. It will not necessarily apply equally to military…
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Teaching Our Children to be Victims?
Author’s Note: This article was originally published in June of 2008. There are references in it to ‘recent events’ and…
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Our Warrior Culture
Author’s Note: Republished almost 16 years after I originally wrote it. Still just as applicable today as it was then.…
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Reliance and Self-Reliance
This entry is a combination of an updated version of two blogs I wrote about 15 years ago. They have…
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Getting Hit Hard – And Not Staying Down
“It’s not how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and still keep moving forward.” Sylvester Stallone…
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The Value of Contact Sports
Throughout the course of my law enforcement career it has constantly caught my attention how many of my fellow officers…
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Fear & Defense
Not long ago I was on a long drive and as the miles passed, I began to ponder fear, our…
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The True Citizen Soldier
No, this article is not about National Guardsmen (or women). It’s not about any state or county run organization that…
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Life’s Strongest Warriors
In today’s society we all-too-often here members of various generations criticizing each other. Baby Boomers will call Millennials “pansycakes” or…
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Thrive on Your Lifestyle
Somehow, somewhere along the way, we as a society seem to have come to the belief that every person perceives…
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What Do We Learn From Autumn and Trees?
The glory days of spring and summer have passed. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, the fires are…
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Falling Down or Getting Knocked Down
Each of us… every single one of us knows what it’s like to fall down. We’ve done it. It’s not…
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Defining & Recognizing Strength
When we hear someone say, “He’s a strong person,” or “She has great inner strength,” it can mean different things…
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