by mylinhshattan | Apr 9, 2022 | On the Military, Stories
8 min read True Story Military service Road walking, trail notes AVAILABLE IN PODCAST – CLICK HERE Not 30 miles as the crow flies, that’s how far I was from my childhood home. It was gray and threatening rain, the time in spring that’s cool, tree buds just...
by mylinhshattan | Jul 4, 2017 | On Life, On the Military
“I, [state your name], do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States, paramount to any and all allegiance,...
by mylinhshattan | Oct 9, 2014 | On the Military
 I will never forget standing at my desk in the White House; my young assistant coming to me and saying that a plane had hit the World Trade Center, and I thought what a terrible accident that must have been. President Bush was at an education event in Florida . . ....