The Second Great Depression hit the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Metroplex harder than nearly any other city or group of cities in Texas and the rest of America. Demonstrations became protests and riots, and the civilian leadership actually encouraged them, ordering the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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TLDR version: School is the great equalizer. The great opportunity. The great path to freedom and success in America that anyone can navigate if they have the drive and ambition. It’s as American as apple pie. It’s our greatest gift[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma flew in support of Texas during the Drug Wars. Their F-35Bs could loiter over the battlefields slower than nearly any other aircraft, allowing them to support Texan and American troops in unique and valuable ways.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma weathered the drug cartel attacks far better than those who aimed the cartels at them expected. Yuma did not know who could have managed it, but they smelled a rat. Yuma was far away from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every Marine on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma learned to hate their base commander as the Second Great Depression ran them into the ground. Literally. With the budget cuts slashing his ability to keep the F-35Bs in the air, he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression affected every military base across America differently. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma did not collapse into internal fighting. It did not suffer massive desertions. Yes, there were some, but Yuma’s fighting strength remained largely intact. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma was the busiest air station in the United States Marine Corps when the Second Great Depression came upon us all. It sported excellent year-round flying conditions and thousands of acres of open terrain all round[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up listening to Charlie Daniels. Even before I started listening to Country Music, when I only listened to 80s pop rock, I knew who he was and knew his songs. He was one of those few artists who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have finally seen Picard this weekend. The really short version is, that it is not like the classic Star Trek I and most fans grew up with. Some say this is a good thing. That Star Trek is growing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cannon Air Force Base’s private little civil war was a vicious affair. Those moving to arrest the base commander and bring Cannon under the new President’s control were elite Special Forces. Those standing in their way included Rear Echelon Marginal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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