War Dog 6 Actual: Rumor Control

Leadership Culture: A Marine’s Perspective

War Dog 6 Actual — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:32:46 +0000

The Marine Corps has a high rate of success in combat because of its pervasive leadership culture. Leadership principles and traits are taught to every Marine from Private to General. This culture of self-starting, self-regulating warriors compensates for occasional incompetence at any level of the chain of command. With the mission focus clearly in mind at its most rudimentary level, destroy the enemy, a frontline Marine is free to exercise point of decision judgment and initiative to get the job done. A Marine is like a two legged weapon with a brain. Just make sure he is pointed in the right direction and turn him loose at the line of departure. A well trained and motivated Marine will assess, improvise, adapt and reduce any obstacle is in front of him. That is what Marines do best. Just don’t forget to set the limit of advance because they won’t stop if you don’t.
Some believe it is the hard assed leader exercising dictatorial control that creates the success but that is bullshit. The only control that a Marine leader should exercise in the accomplishment of the mission is to point the weapon in the right direction, set parameters, and squeeze the trigger. Teach your Marines how to do their job and then let them do it. Set limits on acceptable behavior and be hard on the slackers. Keep them focused on the mission. Squeeze the trigger and get the hell out of the way because you have just unleashed hell on earth.

In Charity and Service,
Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder, GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
Service Number 2236292
Military Specialties 0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

Islamic Jihad: The Changing Strategy

War Dog 6 Actual — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:40:15 +0000

I think we need to understand that the Jihadi strategy is shifting to one of anonymity. They want the new attacks to be viewed as homegrown terrorism that can be blamed on American Muslims. The purpose for this is to inspire renegade, irrational attacks and persecutions against “innocent” American Muslims. They want us to melt down and shoot one another. This will give them some traction with the …loons here. They want to be seen as the persecuted underdog to gain sympathy and converts. It is the same game plan the Communists used. The solution is to be vigilant, know your neighbor, don’t give them soft, unarmed targets, and make sure we do not become lawless like them. Once we have lost due process we will have effectively lost our Republic.

In Charity and Service,
Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder, GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
Service Number 2236292
Military Specialties 0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

If You Love Your Family: Defend Them

War Dog 6 Actual — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:22:45 +0000

I am telling you that you had better secure your children. The Jihadis and other psycho murderers have no qualms in killing them. Screw gun control, we must have psycho neutralization by people who can defend themselves in their homes, places of business and in public. We need a general defensive plan that coordinates personal protection with public protection by Agents. Government agents did a fine job of catching the bombers but how many homes were ripe for invasion and hostage taking? Don’t be a victim or allow your children to become victims of murderers with no conscience. Why would you be more afraid of a gun than having your head cut off? Do you want to be the first? We cannot stop all terrorist acts because they are essentially ambushes but we can certainly reduce their effectiveness.

In Charity and Service,
Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder, GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
Service Number 2236292
Military Specialties 0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

Three War Warrior Living In Amory, MS

War Dog 6 Actual — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:20:11 +0000

Someone needs to record this warriors stories before he is gone. He is a real American Hero who has served in the trenches with our young men from the Battle of the Bulge in WWII to Vietnam with service in the Korean War as well. He is still there in Amory, MS and loves to talk as I hear.

A short biography is below the video.

A MAN NAMED RABBIT
Command Sergeant Major Lawrence Rabbit Kennedy
Veteran of World War II, Korea & Vietnam
Wren, MS

Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Lawrence “Rabbit” Kennedy is an intensely proud man and he has every right to be. He spent 34 years serving his nation and finished as one of the most, if not the most, decorated soldier in the history of the Army. When he began his military career, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was commander-in-chief. By the end, President Gerald Ford held the position. CSM Kennedy fought in the Battle of the Bulge in his late teens then trudged through the jungles of Vietnam over 30 years later. In those three and a half decades of service he amassed 34 air medals and four Legions of Merit, the only man ever to do so. But if you ask Rabbit Kennedy what he loved the most about his military career, he says nothing about his medals at all. The only thing he talks about is his men. More than anything else, Rabbit Kennedy loved to take care of the men who called him “Sir”.

People all over Monroe County know Rabbit Kennedy’s story. It is woven into the fabric of local lore. He grew up in relative poverty in Smithville during the Great Depression. A school photo from his childhood shows a shaven head, hollow eyes, and thin limbs. His nickname came from the time a concerned teacher asked him what his family ate for dinner. His answer was simple, “Rabbit”. And that’s what makes CSM Rabbit Kennedy’s story all the more remarkable – and it is remarkable – that he would grow up with so very little but rise up to contribute so much.

In October 1940, a young Rabbit Kennedy walked for two days from his home in Smithville to Tupelo. He was heading to Fort Benning, Georgia to begin his life as a soldier. He had exactly one dollar in his pocket and needed both a sweater and a pair of shoes. Rabbit went to Reed’s in downtown Tupelo where he was helped by a 17-year-old Jack Reed, Sr. Jack Reed found Rabbit both items he needed, but the total came to $1.03. Jack Reed gave him the sweater and shoes, but Rabbit Kennedy promised that day that he would pay him back the three cents he owed him. After that Rabbit Kennedy boarded the train and headed for Georgia. He would spend the next 35 years in the Army.

Rabbit Kennedy’s Army career started out with the hard life of a soldier in World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, a fierce fight that took place in the frigid winter of 1944. During that battle, he spent nine days in a foxhole next to a dead German soldier. His early days in the Army gave him an appreciation for the life of a soldier. It also gave him a glimpse into the strength of will and character necessary to endure. It was a lesson that he would later instill in the men who served under him.

Rabbit Kennedy remained in the Army after World War II, then served a short stint in Korea during that conflict. He steadily rose through the ranks of the military, gaining a reputation as a hard-nosed sergeant who followed the old code of a “Brown Shoe Soldier”. Brown shoe soldiers were those veterans who believed in strong, hard discipline and training. They were hard on their men for the purpose of making them resilient and obedient. They didn’t care one bit if their men liked them, but they made sure without a doubt that their men respected them. It was an approach that much of the army was leaving behind when the 1960s came around. When Rabbit Kennedy was elevated to Sergeant Major, then ultimately Command Sergreant Major, his reputation was well established as “one of the toughest sons of bitches” in the entire Army.

In September 1965, CSM Kennedy had the privilege of leading the Army’s 1st Cavalry 9th Division into combat. He had personally overseen the men’s training and development as a unit at Fort Benning. No other unit ever reflected his character and demeanor more than the 1st Cavalry. When his men came ashore in Vietnam, it was CSM Kennedy at the front, proudly carrying the American flag. A photographer snapped a photo of Kennedy and his men. It ultimately ended up on the cover of Life Magazine. The time that CSM Kennedy spent in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry would cement his legacy as one of the most respected and trusted non-commissioned officers.

Throughout his time in the Army, CSM Kennedy met many famous people like John Wayne and Bob Hope. Perhaps his favorite brush with fame came when he asked to serve with President Lyndon B. Johnson in awarding the Medal of Honor to several soldiers. In spite of the numerous stories of notable people, it was still the basic soldier that he cared for the most. In the early 1970s, CSM Kennedy was approached by a soldier who hadn’t received his pay for several weeks and desperately needed to get home to visit his dying mother. CSM Kennedy listened to the soldier’s story and decided to use his influence to help the young man. Within a matter of minutes, the young man’s money had been wired and he was sent to be with his mother. Several years later, as Rabbit worked in his yard at home in Amory, a black Buick pulled into the driveway. It was the same young man now much older, driving to say “thank you”.

When Rabbit Kennedy retired in 1975, he left as the most decorated soldier in the history of the Army. He had earned four Legion of Merit medals for distinguished service, more than any other soldier. He retired to his home in Amory. On his first day out of retirement, Rabbit Kennedy made the short drive from Amory to Tupelo. He went to Reed’s department store and asked for Mr. Reed. Rabbit pulled three pennies out of his pocket and paid off the debt he promised to pay years before. Both men laughed about it. Today, Rabbit’s leadership is still honored by members of the military. The men of the 1st Cavalry who served with him in Vietnam still have a strong affection for their Command Sergeant Major. And their Command Sergeant Major still has a strong affection for them.

Source:

http://www.40daysofhonor.com/Day-38-Rabbit-Kennedy.html

In Charity and Service,
Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder, GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
Service Number 2236292
Military Specialties 0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

2nd Ammendment: Alexander Hamilton on Armed Citizens

War Dog 6 Actual — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:26:10 +0000

Alexander Hamilton on the subject of American Citizens being well armed and trained in the use of arms as a defense against a standing army if one should be necessary to defend the country. In other words we should have a healthy fear of a standing army or police force under the control of the government. Armed citizens are to be the check on tyrannical military/police power of the central government. It was preferred that protection be left in the hands of trained citizens as much as possible.

Excerpt:
“This will not only lessen the call for military establishments, but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens.
This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.”
Alexander Hamilton, Federalist # 29

In Charity and Service,
Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder, GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
Service Number 2236292
Military Specialties 0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

The Other Law Politicians Violate.

War Dog 6 Actual — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:49:04 +0000

Title 18 of the Code of Laws of the United States.
18 USC § 241 – Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or

If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured—

They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

Prayer, Mass Shootings And 2nd Amendment: Perspective

War Dog 6 Actual — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:19:50 +0000

The article cites a number of “school” shootings prior to 1962 when prayer was removed from public school schedules. I don’t disagree with the premise that the removal of God from public schools didn’t cause the outbreak in Mass Shootings. I think it is a much deeper problem than that. It is the corruption of the home and family. They are the fabric and foundation of a civil society.

This article actually gives credence to maintaining the Second Amendment in the context of the current People Control debate. Not a one of the incidents involved a mass shooting of the nature being addressed. Not a one involved an automatic, semi-automatic or weapon loaded with a standard capacity magazine. Every case was an individual out to settle a situation with another individual with a couple of exceptions. There is not one incident that would qualify as mass murder just for the sake of Murder.

Every case involves Disrespect for or a sin against the morality set forth in the 10 Commandments and the Declaration of Independence.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2012/12/16/no-mr-huckabee-its-not-because-god-has-been-removed-from-schools/

Semper Fi,
“War Dog 6 Actual, Over”
Elder
GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
2236292
0341/5811/8511/8563/0369/8654/0511/8532

The list is included here for your edification.

Pre-1962 school shootings:

November 12, 1840: Charlottesville, Virginia. University of Virginia student Joseph Green Semmes shot law professor John A.G. Davis when Davis attempted to unmask Semmes and another student, both of whom were wearing masks and carrying pistols. Professor Davis died three days later.

November 2, 1853: Louisville, Kentucky. A student, Matthew Ward, bought a self-cocking pistol in the morning, went to school and killed Schoolmaster Mr. Butler for excessively punishing his brother the day before.

June 8, 1867: New York City. At Public School No. 18, a 13 year old lad brought a pistol loaded and capped, without the knowledge of his parents or school-teachers, and shot and injured a classmate.

December 22, 1868: Chattanooga, Tennessee. A boy who refused to be whipped and left school, returned, with his brother and a friend, the next day to seek revenge on his teacher. Not finding the teacher at the school, they continued to his house, where a gun battle rang out, leaving three dead. Only the brother survived.

March 9, 1873: Salisbury, Maryland. After school as Miss Shockley was walking with four small children, she was approached by a Mr. Hall and shot. The Schoolmaster ran out, but she was dead instantly. Hall threw himself under a train that night.

May 24, 1879: Lancaster, New York. As the carriage loaded with female students was pulling out of the school’s stables, Frank Shugart, a telegraph operator, shot and severely injured Mr. Carr, Superintendent of the stables.

July 4, 1886: Charleston, South Carolina. During Sunday school, Emma Connelly shot and killed John Steedley for “circulating slanderous reports” about her, even though her brother publicly whipped him a few days earlier.

June 12, 1887: Cleveland, Tennessee. Will Guess went to the school and fatally shot Miss Irene Fann, his little sister’s teacher, for whipping her the day before.

June 13, 1889: New Brunswick, New Jersey. Charles Crawford, upset over an argument with a school Trustee, went up to the window and fired a pistol into a crowded school room. The bullet lodged in the wall just above the teacher’s head.

April 9, 1891: Newburgh, New York. 70 year old James Foster fired a shotgun at a group of students in the playground of St. Mary’s Parochial School, causing minor injuries to several of the students.

February 26, 1902: Camargo, Illinois. Teacher Fletcher R. Barnett shot and killed another teacher, Eva C. Wiseman, in front of her class at a school near Camargo, Illinois. After shooting at a pupil who came to help Miss Wiseman and wounding himself in a failed suicide attempt he waited in the classroom until a group of farmers came to lynch him. He then ran out of the school building, grabbed a shotgun from one of the farmers and shot himself, before running away and leaping into a well where he finally drowned. The incident was likely sparked by Wiseman’s refusal to marry Barnett.

February 24, 1903: Inman, South Carolina. Edward Foster, a 17-year-old student at Inman High school, was shot and fatally wounded by his teacher Reuben Pitts after he had jerked a rod from Pitts’ hands to resist punishment. According to the teacher, Foster struck the pistol Pitts had drawn to defend himself, thus causing its discharge. Pitts was later acquitted of murder.

October 10, 1906: Cleveland, Ohio. Harry Smith shot and killed 22-year-old teacher Mary Shepard at South Euclid School after she had rejected him. Smith escaped and committed suicide in a barn near his home two hours later.

March 23, 1907: Carmi, Illinois. George Nicholson shot and killed John Kurd at a schoolhouse outside of Carmi, Illinois during a school rehearsal. The motive for the shooting was Kurd making a disparaging remark about Nicholson’s daughter during her recital.

March 11, 1908: Boston, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Bailey Hardee was shot to death by Sarah Chamberlain Weed at the Laurens School, a finishing school in Boston. Weed then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide.

April 15, 1908: Asheville, North Carolina. Dr. C. O. Swinney shot and fatally wounded his 16-year-old daughter Nellie in a reception room at Normal and Collegiate Institute. He then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.

February 12, 1909: San Francisco, California. 10-year-old Dorothy Malakanoff was shot and killed by 49-year-old Demetri Tereaschinko as she arrived at her school in San Francisco. Tereaschinko then shot himself in a failed suicide attempt. Tereaschinko was reportedly upset that Malakanoff refused to elope with him.

January 10, 1912: Warrenville, Illinois. Sylvester E. Adams shot and killed teacher Edith Smith after she rejected his advances. Adams then shot and killed himself. The incident took place in a schoolhouse about a mile outside of Warrenville after the students had been dismissed for the day.

March 27, 1919: Lodi Township, Michigan. 19-year-old teacher Irma Casler was shot and killed in her classroom at Rentschler school in Lodi Township, Michigan by Robert Warner, apparently because she had rejected his advances.

April 2, 1921: Syracuse, New York. Professor Holmes Beckwith shot and killed dean J. Herman Wharton in his office at Syracuse University before committing suicide.

May 22, 1930: Ringe, Minnesota. Margaret Wegman, 20-year-old teacher at the local rural school, was shot and killed in the school by 24-year-old Douglas Petersen.

February 15, 1933: Downey, California. Dr. Vernon Blythe shot and killed his wife Eleanor, as well as his 8-year old son Robert at Gallatin grammar school and committed suicide after firing three more shots at his other son Vernon. His wife, who had been a teacher at the school, had filed for divorce the week before.

September 14, 1934: Gill, Massachusetts. Headmaster Elliott Speer was murdered by a shotgun blast through the window of his study at Northfield Mount Hermon School. The crime was never solved.

March 27, 1935: Medora, North Dakota. Emily Hartl, 24-year-old teacher at the Manlon school northwest of Medora, was shot and killed at the school by 28-year-old Harry McGill, a former suitor.

December 12, 1935: New York City, New York. Victor Koussow, a Russian laboratory worker at the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, shot Prof. Arthur Taylor Rowe, Prof. Paul B. Wiberg, and wounded Dr. William H. Crawford at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, before committing suicide.

April 27, 1936: Lincoln, Nebraska. Prof. John Weller shot and wounded Prof. Harry Kurz in a corridor of the University of Nebraska, apparently because of his impending dismissal at the end of the semester. After shooting Kurz Weller tried to escape, but was surrounded by police on the campus, whereupon he killed himself with a shot in the chest.

June 4, 1936: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Wesley Crow shot and killed his Lehigh University English instructor, C. Wesley Phy. Crow went to Phy’s office and demanded that Mr. Phy change his grade to a passing mark. Crow committed suicide after shooting
Phy.

September 24, 1937: Toledo, Ohio. 12-year-old Robert Snyder shot and wounded his principal, June Mapes, in her office at Arlington public school when she declined his request to call a classmate. He then fled the school grounds and shot and wounded himself.

May 6, 1940: South Pasadena, California. After being removed as principal of South Pasadena Junior High School, Verlin Spencer shot six school officials, killing five, before attempting to commit suicide by shooting himself in the stomach.

May 23, 1940: New York City, New York. Infuriated by a grievance, Matthew Gillespie, 62-year-old janitor at the junior school of the Dwight School for Girls, shot and critically wounded Mrs. Marshall Coxe, secretary of the junior school.

July 4, 1940: Valhalla, New York. Angered by the refusal of his daughter, Melba, 15 years old, to leave a boarding school and return to his home, Joseph Moshell, 47, visited the school and shot and killed the girl.

September 12, 1940: Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 29-year-old teacher Carolyn Dellamea was shot to death inside her third grade classroom by 35-year-old William Kuhns. Kuhns then shot himself in the chest in a failed suicide attempt. Kuhns had reportedly been courting Dellamea for over a year but the relationship was ended when Dellamea discovered that Kuhns was already married.

October 2, 1942: New York City, New York. Erwin Goodman, 36-year-old mathematics teacher at William J. Gaynor Junior High School, was shot and killed in the school corridor by a youth.

June 26, 1946: Brooklyn, New York. A 15-year-old schoolboy who balked at turning over his pocket money to a gang of seven youths was shot in the chest at 11:30 A.M. in the basement of the Public School 147 annex of the Brooklyn High School for Automotive Trades.

February 5, 1947: Madill, Oklahoma. 1st grade teacher Jessie Laird, 40-years-old, was shot to death in her classroom, during recess, by her estranged husband, Ellis Laird, 62-years-old. Laird then fatally shot himself.

November 13, 1949: Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State University freshman James Heer grabbed a .45 caliber handgun from the room of a Delta Tau Delta fraternity brother and shot and killed his fraternity brother Jack McKeown, 21, an Ohio State senior.

April 25, 1950: Peru, Nebraska. Dr. William Nicholas, 48, president of Peru State College and Dr. Paul Maxwell, 56, education department head, were shot to death at their desks by Dr. Barney Baker, 54-year-old psychology professor. Baker was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot at his home on campus.

July 22, 1950: New York City, New York. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist and abdomen at the Public School 141 dance during an argument with a former classmate.

March 12, 1951: Union Mills, North Carolina Professor W. E. Sweatt, superintendent and teacher at the Alexander school, was shot to death by students Billy Ray Powell, 16, and Hugh Justice, 19. The assailants had been reprimanded by Sweatt, and they waited for him as he locked his office door.

November 27, 1951: New York City, New York. David Brooks, a 15-year-old student, was fatally shot as fellow-pupils looked on in a grade school.

April 9, 1952: New York City, New York. A 15-year-old boarding-school student shot a dean rather than relinquish pin-up pictures of girls in bathing suits.

July 14, 1952: New York City, New York. Bayard Peakes walked in to the offices of the American Physical Society at Columbia University and shot and killed secretary Eileen Fahey with a .22 caliber pistol. Peakes was reportedly upset that the APS had rejected a pamphlet he had written.

September 3, 1952: in Lawrenceville, Illinois. After 25-year-old Georgine Lyon ended her engagement with Charles Petrach, Petrach shot and killed Lyon in a classroom at Lawrenceville High School where she worked as a librarian.

May 15, 1954: Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Putnam Davis Jr. was shot and killed during a fraternity house carnival at the Phi Delta Theta house at the University of North Carolina. William Joyner and Allen Long were shot and wounded during the exchange of gunfire in their fraternity bedroom. The incident took place after an all-night beer party. Mr. Long reported to the police that, while the three were drinking beer at 7 a.m., Davis pulled out a gun and started shooting with a gun he had obtained from the car of a former roommate.

January 11, 1955: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. After some of his dorm mates urinated on his mattress Bob Bechtel, a 20-year-old student at Swarthmore College, returned to his dorm with a shotgun and used it to shoot and kill fellow student Holmes Strozier.

May 4, 1956: in Prince George’s County, Maryland. 15-year-old student Billy Prevatte fatally shot one teacher and injured two others at Maryland Park Junior High School in Prince George’s County after he had been reprimanded from the school.

October 20, 1956: New York City, New York. A junior high school student was wounded in the forearm yesterday by another student armed with a home-made weapon at Booker T. Washington Junior High School.

October 2, 1957: New York City, New York. A 16-year old student was shot in the leg yesterday by a 15-year old classmate at a city high school.

March 4, 1958: New York City, New York. A 17-year-old student shot a boy in the Manual Training High School.

May 1, 1958: Massapequa, New York. A 15-year-old high school freshman was shot and killed by a classmate in a washroom of the Massapequa High School.

September 24, 1959: New York City, New York. Twenty-seven men and boys and an arsenal were seized in the Bronx as the police headed off a gang war resulting from the fatal shooting of a teenager Monday at Morris High School.

February 2, 1960: Hartford City, Indiana. Principal Leonard Redden shot and killed two teachers with a shotgun at William Reed Elementary School in Hartford City, Indiana, before fleeing into a remote forest, where he committed suicide.

March 30, 1960: Alice, Texas. Donna Dvorak, 14, brought a .22 target pistol to Dubose Junior High School, and fatally shot Bobby Whitford, 15, in their 9th grade science class. Dvorak believed Whitford posed a threat to one of her girlfriends.

June 7, 1960: Blaine, Minnesota. Lester Betts, a 40-year-old mail-carrier, walked into the office of 33-year-old principal Carson Hammond and shot him to death with a 12-gauge shotgun.

October 17, 1961: Denver, Colorado. Tennyson Beard, 14, got into an argument with William Hachmeister, 15, at Morey Junior High School. During the argument Beard pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and shot at Hachmeister, wounding him. A stray bullet also struck Deborah Faith Humphrey, 14, who died from her gunshot wound.

Resume of sorts.

War Dog 6 Actual — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:25:44 +0000

Learn, Obey, Love, Sacrifice, Serve, Train, Lead, Semper Fidelis.
These are the watch words I live by.

I am a Retired Marine and Carpenter.

I am a convert to and member of “the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints” (nicknamed Mormons in derision and laziness).
I have Fathered 11 children of whom 8 still live on the Earth with us.
I have 3 ex wives and 1 ex live in and am currently married to the 4th wife who was sent to save me from obscurity.

I am a Vietnam Combat Veteran with Marine Infantry (Mike Company 3/1 weapons platoon). I served a total of 22 years of Active Duty and 5 years of Reserve Duty with Broken Service from original entry in October of 1966 to Retirement in August 1995. Somehow, I was never sent into combat again despite spending another 4 tours with Infantry Combat Units and being deployed to the Mediterranean Ocean three times.

I was born in Savannah, GA to a carpenter and housewife as the first child of six. I was raised as a carpenter and worker. What time I spent out of the Marine Corps I was engaged in the Residential Construction industry as a Carpenter, Roofer, and Mason. At various times I worked as an hourly employee, piece worker, sub-contractor, and Contractor. Additionally I have extensive experience in remodeling and repairing old/new homes with some Electrical and Plumbing experience in that area though I have never been licensed.

I have been a reader and student of history and the classics from an early age with a vivid imagination and am something of a dreamer. I have attended three colleges over a 30 year period studying Business. I studied all aspects, administration, communication, finance, accounting, marketing and management.

I am intimately familiar with Management Information Systems and Computer Technology in General. I saw the handwriting on the wall, regarding the future of Computing, in the 1980′s while working at Jacksonville University as an Assistant Marine Officer Instructor.

My serious writing and editorial experience started with my Business Communication Course at Jacksonville University where I learned (again) the basics of Research, Composition and Presentation of both Oral and Written Communications. The skills learned there were fine tuned at my next and last duty station. I composed much of the correspondence of the S-3 shop I was assigned to in Ist SRIG at Camp Pendleton, CA, under the watchful eye of the SRIG Executive Officer. It was there I honed the skill of being clear, concise, and to the point on the whet stone of the XO’s standard of excellence.

I started my blogging career on Myspace at the height of the political turmoil surrounding the aftermath of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The experience I have gained in researching for blogs and debating history, politics, and religion, has led me to where I am now. I feel compelled to stay in the fray and hopefully, to point the way out of it.

I am part Cherokee, part European, possibly part African, but I am sure that I am all American by birth and by choice.

Get onboard, Lead, Follow, or Get the Hell out of the way. The Train is leaving the Station and I am the Engineer.

Semper Fi,
GySgt. DD Barton, Ret.
“War Dog 6 Actual”

Blogs:

http://blog.ddbarton48.wordpress.com/

http://blog.gyddbarton48.wordpress.com/

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The Shell Game of Obama

War Dog 6 Actual — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:23:58 +0000

Here we find the reason for Brennan’s nomination. His job is to keep the lid on the truth about Islamic Jihad and what we are up against. It would be called treasonous in some circles. The truth would blow the lid off of the real reasons for defense cutbacks and winding down wars. Jihad is far from defeated and more widespread than believed. Hagel’s job is to oversee our military decimation. Obama did not want to manage the cuts because he wants to point the finger at Republicans for defense cuts. Brilliant and Evil. Go ahead punk. Make my day. Meanwhile the American people are worried about gun violence? They haven’t seen what is coming. Don’t give up the guns under any pretext.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/john-brennan-and-bin-laden-files_704960.html

Breitbart: Hating The Man

War Dog 6 Actual — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:56:27 +0000