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Taking An Educated Risk By, Mighty Oaks The word “risk” can conjure negative emotions from previous life experiences. Maybe the word risk reminds you of a time that you took ...

As the ladies arrived at the WLP in San Miguel last week, you could see smiles on their faces; but the sadness in their eyes and their body language told ...
With numerous administrations' efforts to defeat the staggering 31.6 Veterans-A-Day who commit suicide, that number remains unaffected. Previous efforts had concentrated on a multitude of things, while the new plan ...

By Jeremy Stalnecker One of the many lessons that I have learned over the last few months is this: Compliance is a Choice. I don’t say this to make a ...

What did this process of bouncing back…look like for Allen Clark, Vietnam Veteran, successful banker, distinguished leader in the Department of Veterans Affairs, founder of the Combat Faith ministry to ...
While we don’t intend to wallow in self-pity, we must recognize how unhealthy it is to stuff grief about loss. It is far better to recognize reality, grieve loss, and ...

By Bob Dees On Veterans Day, we must ask ourselves a very important question: “Where would we be without our Veterans?” What if they had concluded it was too windy, ...

BOILERS CHURNING HOT, USS Doyle sliced through the sea with the urgency of a bullet.  Over the radio, Claytor had heard that Marks collected more than fifty men, and also ...

I’ve always been a fighter. Perhaps to a fault. So why then, when I was recently faced with an unexpected personal fight did I remain totally flat footed, getting out-flanked, ...

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” -Ecclesiastes 4:12 Some time back, I was speaking to a buddy who ...