We’re reaching into the archives and digging up an article I wrote years ago but never published. Since I’m busy traveling and hoping to harvest a new rug, I thought now was a good time to polish this article up and toss it in front of your eyeballs. “The problem, as I see it, Lieutenant,Continue reading “WAR Stories: Tribal”
Category Archives: Check Your Hubris
Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways
As the Construction Flight Commander at arguably one of the busiest Air Bases in the entire world, Al Udeid Air Base, my flight did surprisingly little with actual runway construction or maintenance. Most of our involvement with the runway was to purchase raw materials for the Air Force Engineers to go out and repair damagedContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: Runways”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: OCSJX
I had always heard about the “old boy” network that accompanied graduating from USAFA. It was this mythical network of secret handshakes and under the table connections, and I had always heard of it but never experienced it. Other non-grad officers always alluded to it with a sarcastic pantomime of knocking an Academy ring onContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: OCSJX”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return
As soon as I stepped off the sweat and body odor soaked Boeing 747 I started to question whether or not this was the best decision I could have made. With my trusty, well-traveled rucksack hoisted over my shoulders, and my sunglasses covering my blinking eyes, I strode out onto the familiar, sun-blasted tarmac ofContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: The Return”
Check Your Hubris at the Door: Masirah
An hour’s ferry ride from the small port of Shannah on the Eastern coast of Oman lies the island of Masirah. There isn’t much on the island except for a resort, a couple gas stations, and Royal Air Forces Oman (RAFO) Masirah Island Air Base (MIAB). The little air base is the site of aContinueContinue reading “Check Your Hubris at the Door: Masirah”