Author: Hardin Helmutt

Whether it is a Four Star General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an Astronaut & Former Naval Officer or the team of National Security Advisors – the wrong photo or photo op can send the wrong message when trying to establish confidence is a major objective. Sometimes people just don’t look the […]

Prison ships were an important part of American history. A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. During the American War of Independence, British prison ships like the HMS Jersey were used to […]

We are sending the Marines to protect the embassy staff but the ‘silver lining’ may be in this being an opportunity for training our military in real time. Better than standing on a subway platform in New York.

It can already be seen with the use of drones in combat in Ukraine and in the Mid East that the future does not need to include risking human pilots. For the last 50 years we have had the technology to operate surplus aircraft as drones and the technology to operate the weapon systems remotely […]

The next time you are on the freeway take a notice of the amount of cars and trucks with blacked out windows. The law makes this treatment on the windows a violation. It is surprising that blacked out windows are not issued more citations and/or have the cars impounded. The businesses that install the window […]

Britannica Dictionary definition of COLLATERAL DAMAGE -“forms of damage including deaths and injuries that are a result of the fighting in a war but happen to people who are not in the military” The misunderstanding comes from many people and commentators indicating that such damage is unintentional or accidental. The reality throughout history and in […]

There isn’t much argument that despite this being a country that supposedly believes in ‘law and order’, there isn’t much order and the law seems to have very flexible interpretation from the most minor to the most significant crimes. Who should be sentenced to capital punishment if we expand the use. Looters for example throughout […]