23 October 1983 In quiet solitude amid the pine trees of North Carolina a lone sentinel stands in frozen repose, a lasting testament to a worst case scenario born from the best of intentions. On one side of the bronzed statue are a few words…

USS TEXAS:  100 YEARS LATER By: Ben H. English (Written in 2012) If Douglas MacArthur was correct in old soldiers gradually fading away, then old sailors surely do the same by rusting into oblivion. Like the robust young seamen who once manned her battle stations,…

A SHORT HISTORY OF CHECHNYA AND CHECHEN TERRORISM By Ben H. English “A time will come when the whole world will go mad. And to anyone who is not mad they will say: ‘You are mad, for you are not like us.’” -St. Anthony  …

LABOR DAY MESSAGE By: Ben H. English “We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” —C.S. Lewis   My dad had a saying: "If it is honest, it...

LAST OF THE DEVASTATORS By: Ben H. English   “Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit – a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor – that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.” ― Walter Lord,…

THE DANGER OF TECHNOLOGY By: Ben H. English “We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might…

THE ART OF WAR By: Ben H. English The basic tactics and strategies of war have mostly remained the same throughout the history of mankind. Sun Tzu's stratagems in The Art of War are just as valid today as they were some 2500 years ago,...

TO THE FIFTY! By: Ben H. English “Everyone here in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell for the…