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The US military seems to have come to a grudging acceptance of milblogs, provided the bloggers use their heads.  By that I mean they avoid anything related to OPSEC.  After all, a good deal of the time it's their own security that could be at risk.  And current blogs steer clear of criticism of...

Just a bump so this thing doesn't fall off the edge of the earth. If you're interested in military SF, check out the Amazon link to "Gehenna Station".  There are a couple nice reviews there and I hope to have a few more shortly. My next book should go to a publisher within the next month or...

Gap, My floppy hat is off to ya, man.  I spent all my time in IV Corps, Bien Hoa, Cu Chi, Dong Tam and Vinh Long.  After Tet '68 there weren't very many real VC left.  I think they had a batch of mortar teams running around in the Delta, just letting us know they hadn't all gone to that great...

A couple of rockets constitutes an 'attack' on the camp? Where were these newsies when Charlie was keeping us awake with 10-20 mortar rounds and a couple rockets almost every night at Vinh Long -- back in the summer of '68. Not born yet, I suppose.  I keep forgetting I'm so ancient. Still...

Here's a link to a well-reasoned article in Reason magazine (no pun intended). http://www.reason.com/0605/fe.rb.peak.shtml Jim :)

Echoes Silent are the foreign fields where they fought and fell. We kneel beside their quiet graves and recall the past we shared. Reflections seen in running water, footprints etched in virgin snow. Remnants lodged in memory, hidden in the mists of time. Names carved into deep black stone...

"Forts" were used extensively in Vietnam by the US Army and Marines.  When used in combination with aggressive patrol tactics and backed with other forces, like artillery and air power, the concept worked well.  Remember, your own troops need a safe place to sleep and rest, if nothing else. ...

JR Hume announces the release of his new military SF novel, GEHENNA STATION For those who don't know it already, JR Hume = Old Guy Gehenna Station, a novel of the Imperial Marines, is a story of the far future, set against the backdrop of an empire which grew out of the Dark Times following...

DG, Macnamara and his methods interest me.  I wish I'd known more of this stuff when I was a young soldier -- though it's unlikely I'd have paid proper attention to the issues at the time. It's appropriate, I think, to evaluate the 'metrics' approach to manufacturing and to evaluation of...

I'd like to make a couple of points about body counts, both from a Vietnam perspective and as I see the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. 1.  Body counts in Vietnam became a sort of scorecard, but it went beyond that.  On-scene commanders were expected not only to report enemy KIA as verified...

I think Tomahawk6 has identified the major issue both for Canada and the US.  The US possesses the necessary military power and currently has an administration willing to use that power to achieve national goals.  But there's no guarantee that future administrations will continue in that...

GA, I'm not even going to try and explain things to you.  You obviously have no clear understanding of the electoral college nor why the Senate is set up the way it is.  All I can suggest is that you read up on the issues. Jim

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I wouldn't say the average American is 'happy' with their system.  After all -- we keep tinkering with it.  :) Elections in the US are very local things, with much of interest on the ballot besides Federal offices. Remember that we have three elected branches, with staggered terms.  Some...

(continued from previous post) Genetic Drift offered no opportunity for communication with HQ.  The station was a simple platform, open to space.  The squat inhabitants of the planet wanted no contact with outsiders and, the Gods know, we outsiders desire none with them.  Outside of Q'ung...

Not a lot of characters in this one.  Still, it may be entertaining.  :) ************************************************************* Jester Steele, Android Detective JR Hume The bar-jockey looked fully human, but a casual sensor scan revealed that he was a droid.  Humans often have odd...

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Ch 4: The Duel The Geek led them to a large, high-ceiling chamber.  Seven pods were arranged along one wall.  Opposite the pods and behind a clear divider the Canucks could see strange creatures occupying an array of spectator areas.  One group sported slender, scaled bodies and darted around...

Ch 2: Shark Island The Sim Chamber was dark and dusty, with odd bits of electronics peering out of the corners and tangled around support beams.  Lights blinked, displays flashed streams of numbers, gizmos chirped.  It was a geek's paradise. One of the resident Geeks, a low, sinuous metal and...

ZOMBIE  ATTACK! Ch 1: An Unexpected Trip "I don't get it," said Baker.  "Where are the show girls?  The guy said he'd have them here no later than nine-thirty." A graying pack of men gathered in one corner of the casino.  It was after ten and some of them were already yawning on this, the...