You must first have moral influence and control within your own coastal waters before speaking the truth in a neighboring territory. If one fails to accomplish this, they will be cut down at the knees. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you […]
We all have imperfections and trauma that manifest who and what we are. When you love someone, none of that matters. You stand the watch next to them, whether physically or spiritually, and help them as they move forward on their journey just as they have for you. Without compassion, loyalty, and forgiveness, we are […]
My family is a spiritual fleet of ships that will survive the darkness of any night that reflects the essence of every man and woman I had the honor of serving with or who has worn a uniform. Just as they have stood with me through every watch, I will stand with them until the […]
If we are not a platform for our children to grow from while protecting them from the mistakes of the foundation that cultivated us, we have failed at evolving the tree that carries our blood.
Obedience in the face of the state’s failure to provide justice is not an act of submission to it; instead, it serves the purpose of producing an evidentiary record that it is the state itself that stands on the wrong side of the law. Truth will free the captives and provide sight to the blind. […]
Committing our lives to what we believe and those we love in an uncertain world will produce what is already certain in our soul. If we choose to serve only ourselves in this life, we are dead already. I died in a VA hospital. I am here to serve Christ, to love, help, and protect […]
If you expose Corporate America, you are a hero in the eyes of the government and its people. If you expose that government, you are a traitor. From the perspective of ethics, these acts are the same. They are a public release of sensitive information to expose alleged unethical acts by an entity the whistleblower […]
I have laid my sword down, to focus on a carpenter’s sound. If evil continues its malice against the wounded and the helpless, the truth will dismantle it on its chosen battleground.
Accomplishing operational objectives in the face of extreme adversity is not achieved by actions rooted in how we feel, but by those that are calculated based upon mission requirements and responsible operational risk management. Attaining strategic supremacy on the battlefield is only achieved with the proper implementation of finite and infinite game theory based on […]
When the foolish pursue wealth and conquest, they believe they have won when they acquire it. The wise know true victory is only achieved when one can honorably and transparently represent how it was accomplished. Anything less is a false victory awaiting its true defeat.
