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An Intriguing Case for Mandatory Military Service

It’s been another year since I graduated basic training, making this the third year since I marched on the parade grounds of Fort Benning with two-hundred and eighty-nine of my brothers-in-arms on...

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Consider Issues Facing our Veterans this Memorial Day

Well folks, its time for that most solemn of military holidays, Memorial Day. While I did repeat my yearly ritual – attending a service at my local war memorial – I also took the time to help an Army...

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Paying the debt that can’t be paid: The Veteran’s Benefits Overhaul Act

Happy Veteran’s Day my dear readers. Always a holiday on my heart – being a veteran, it’s hard for me to ignore – I always try to write up a little something special for the day, and I have something...

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Why War Comics haven’t been selling (and how to fix that)

As of last Wednesday, the last issue of DC comics GI Combat hit the shelves, with DC Comics having announced the cancellation of the title last September. This is a shame, as much like the previous war...

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A final salute to General Norman Schwarzkopf

When they play taps at dusk tonight, on American military bases around the world tonight, they will be sending off more than just the sun. Today, a titan of the battlefield, brilliant general...

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Hanoi Jane, Never Forgive, Never Forget

My dear readers, it’s very rare that I will openly refuse to watch a film for any reason, but one such film was the recently released film, Lee Daniel’s The Butler. Please understand, I have nothing...

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Let’s talk about PTSD

My name is Sean CW Korsgaard, and I have PTSD. In the interest of full disclosure, I was diagnosed with PTSD after witnessing a friend of mine commit suicide in the US Army. I suffer from many of the...

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70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings

At this very hour, 70 years ago, more than a hundred thousand heroes were born, baptized by fire, and over ten thousand would be dead or wounded in what would be immortalized as one of the most...

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The Legacy of World War 1, 100 years later

On this day a century ago, World War I began, the thunder of guns sounding the death knell of the preceding era, and baptizing the modern era in a river of blood. Millions of men on both sides would...

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The Greatest Paradox about Military Service

Today my dear readers, I am literally taking a stroll down memory lane. For the first time since 2010, I am standing in Fort Gordon, Georgia, a military base where I spent a year of my time in the US...

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Remembering the Christmas Truce

On this very night, 100 years ago, there was a true Christmas Miracle. Gather round my dear readers, as I tell the tale of the Christmas Truce. Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand,...

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Fireworks

Happy Independence Day my dear readers – if you don’t mind, today I’m going to be talking about something a little personal. Growing up, I used to love watching fireworks on the Fourth of July....

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It’s Veteran’s Day – So why don’t you care?

Today is Veteran’s Day my dear readers. To those of you have served, one veteran to another, thank you. For everyone else, please keep reading before you do the same. I am marking the holiday as is...

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Interview with Tom King

Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large In terms of things to put on your resume, CIA Agent and writer of Batman both have...

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12 Strong Movie Review

Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large The real shame with the glut of war movies following American Sniper is that...

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The 15:17 to Paris Movie Review

Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large The current crop of war movies released by Hollywood owe their existence to the...

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Remembering the Great War, why World War I still matters

Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large It began with two gunshots in Sarajevo, and the assassination of an Austrian...

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A Final Salute: 75 Years since D-Day

Korsgaard's Commentary Korsgaard's Commentary - From pop culture to popular opinion, and my life to the world at large Today is the 75th anniversary of the landings at Normandy… a day we’ll forever...

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