On May 18th, I had the privilege of taking part in the Pritzker Military Museum and Library‘s oral history project. The project seeks to record oral histories of Illinois veterans who served in all branches of the military. After filling out a small application, and…
I came across a fascinating op-ed piece written by Dave Mosher in Business Insider, Trump Wants to make Nuclear Weapons Easier to Use, and that Should Frighten Everyone. The piece posits that President Trump’s support of expanding nuclear capabilities may eventually lead to nuclear warfare,…
The Cold War Recognition Certificate is available for any veteran and government employee who served honorably between Sept. 2nd, 1945 and Dec. 26th, 1991. From the Army HRC website: In accordance with section 1084 of the Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Act, the Secretary…
When I was in the army in the early ’90s, nuclear weapons were still deployed by the Army in South Korea; artillery fired 155mm and 203mm nuclear shells were maintained as a deterrent to possible North Korean aggression. After the enactment of the INF Treaty,…
Open truck driving positions are at an all time high in the United States. Large companies such as Swift, C.R. England, J.B. Hunt and Werner are suffering from a high turnover of drivers. Many reasons abound; some want a 9 to 5 job; others want…
The Illinois Veteran Grant was implemented as a tool for returning veterans to attend to public colleges and universities in Illinois at no cost. The program allows for a veteran, regardless of time separated from the military, and who was discharged under honorable conditions, to…
The VA has suspended the process to apply for the newly issued Veterans ID Card. After waiting decades for a form of veteran identification to be approved and released by the government, veterans rushed to the site to apply, causing such a backlog that the…
Earlier this year, representative David Young(R-IA) introduced House Bill H.R.1419, which would issue a Cold War Service medal based on the following conditions: This bill authorizes the military department concerned to issue the Cold War Service Medal to members of the Armed Forces who: (1)…
I came across a website called the Deported Veterans Support House, and was astounded by what I read. I did not realize that undocumented people in the United States could sign up for the military, but they did. After being deployed to war zones in…
Since being published, my book, Last of the Glow Worms: Memoir of a Nuclear Weapons Technician at the End of the Cold War has fluctuated in rankings on Amazon. The recent events in North Korea have brought the threat of nuclear once again into the…