Year: 2013

Thanks to Putin, US strike won’t cripple Syria’s Assad for long

One of the reasons the states came together to form the federal government was to provide for the “common defense” of the American people. In keeping with this, the so-called “Reagan Test” has been the best guide as to when U.S. military action is wise — that is when a vital U.S. national security interest […]

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How military medicine is leading the way

The U.S. Military, and particularly military medicine, is once again leading the way. Going back to Dr. Walter Reed, the famous U.S. Army pathologist and bacteriologist who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquito bite, military medicine has always been focused on saving lives both on and off the battlefield. Today, military medicine has […]

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HIPP: America’s National Guard: Citizen soldiers answering the call of duty today just as in 1776

The 4th of July is a time to remember what it means to be an American and what those early Americans went through to gain our independence and build the young republic. The Founding Fathers and the Continental Congress understood the “citizen-soldier” concept—a vital tradition that has made our military unique and withstood the test […]

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What to expect from an erratic North Korea

By Van Hipp “A deliberate attempt by Pyongyang to revive a high level of tension with the United States …the North Koreans may have felt compelled to make up for the loss of face they suffered…when they were unable to disrupt or deter the joint U.S.-South Korean military exercise.” –Briefing for CIA Director Richard Helms, […]

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Time to get tough with North Korea and Iran as imminent nuclear bomb test looms

By Van Hipp FoxNews.com All indications are that a joint North Korean-Iranian nuclear bomb test at the North Korean Punggye-Ri Nuclear Bomb Test Site could come at any time. According to the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, satellite photos from over a month ago suggest that the North Koreans have repaired extensive rain damage […]

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