Josh Benner

Tag: Army

  • Memorial Day and the importance of remembering

    American Revolution – 25,000 War of 1812 – 15,000 Civil War – 364,511 World War I – 116,516 World War II – 405,399 Korean War – 36,516 Vietnam – 58,209 Afghanistan and Iraq – 6,713 To the hundreds of thousands of men and women who gave their lives in the service and defense of America,…

  • Hostiles: not a place to learn history but a good parable of friendship

    “Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale), who after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands…

  • Enemies for deserters: a botched swap

    Now! They had to do it now! The administration couldn’t waste time. Laws? THERE’S NO TIME TO FOLLOW LAWS! This hero is dying! He’s too sick, he must be released NOW! Negotiating with terrorists? We’re not negotiating with terrorists, we don’t even have time to think about what that means, we have to release him…

  • Where I was on 9/11

    photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons. Julien Menichini This week, so much has been written about 9/11. So many documentaries and television specials have aired. I haven’t really watched any of it, nor have I read the articles. It’s not that I don’t care about what happened a decade ago. I care a great deal.…