All things military by someone who has been an Army Brat, an active-duty Army officer, and a scholar of military culture
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The story: We Americans were told a story by the Commander-in-Chief (CINC), President Trump, that on June 21, 2025, with unilateral American military attacks, Iran’s nuclear power program was “completely and totally obliterated.” Despite the insistence on “obliteration” and with Israeli forces, the CINC attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, to, once again, destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The Story: We Americans are told the story that our military members are the fittest and healthiest of all the world’s warriors…and maybe of all Americans.
The story: The US military is popularly regarded as the most democratic of all American institutions because of its diversity and egalitarianism.
On July 1, 2026, an active-duty Air Force major, in uniform, was arrested on the US Capitol steps after he called for the impeachment of President Trump and his Vice-President, JD Vance.
This will be another relatively short posting!
This will be a short posting!
Reposting: The Story of Memorial Day
I was interviewed by John Armenta at New Books Network about my most recent book, American War Stories (2021).
I paused my SoldierGirl postings at the end of November 2025 to work on two essays I had been commissioned to write for Cambridge University Press.
Since completing my first master’s in International Relations (1983) while I was on active-duty in Germany and then a master’s (1998) and PhD (2003) in English, I have made myself into an expert on the stories of the American war in Vietnam.
