Social Media Ideas for Chairborne - A Column By Ben Hofmeister

Contributing to better quality of MS care at this year’s CMSC meeting

I am attending the annual meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) this week, my second time here. Like my first time, in 2024, I’m going as a member of the m...

Making peace with artificial intelligence being used in healthcare settings

In a column I wrote a couple years ago, I noted that, despite my fascination with the subject of psychology, I have only an amateur understanding of it. We can add artificial intel...

AMERICA WIDE OPEN.

Editor's Note: This week, as Independence Day approaches, Peter reflects on what freedom really means and all the privileges of our independence. He also has some things to say abo...

Being prepared for the stress of MS may help to manage it

On June 17, 2006 — 20 years ago yesterday — I had my closest call as a Special Forces medic, and the first mass casualty situation I was ever involved in. Sometime afterward, a tea...

Caregivers are like human assistive devices, but with feelings

As my disability from multiple sclerosis (MS) increases, so does my reliance on tools to assist me. Some are relatively simple mechanical devices like adaptive silverware, gloves t...

The Army’s only airborne rabbi finds his congregation wherever he lands

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — At dawn on Friday, two soldiers showed up for physical training. Their rabbi was already waiting. Black T-shirts. Gold ARMY across the chest. Nothing to set them...

BFG Monday: Every Movement Has a Cost

A Soldier pauses at a trail intersection beneath a canopy that blocks what little moonlight remains. Through night vision, familiar terrain has changed. Colors are gone. Depth is h...

Douglas R Carlile Examines the Complex Realities of Military Leadership in “Leadership: Good, Bad, Toxic, and Political”

A VANILLA SHAKE WITH A SHOT OF MEDIOCRITY.

Editor's Note: This week, Peter contemplates the looming transition from the anti-car movement to the anti-driving movement, a future that is being accelerated by the blistering-fa...

Opinion: Come on. You know why I was fired

Former Gen. Chris Donahue explains what happens when competence becomes politically disqualifying

A Saddle with a Two-Part Seat Like a Chair

Saddle hunting has many benefits.  Mobility is the greatest.  An archer can walk into an area never scouted previously, locate a series of hot scrapes, fresh rubs, or a frequent fe...

SELF-INDULGENT TOOLS, SERIAL INCOMPETENCE, MOTORIZED PEACOCKING AND A DISMAL PREDICTION ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. TRANSLATI...

Editor's Note: This week, we mark TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS of Autoextremist with Peter's sobering (and flat-out dispiriting) discussion of the business today. In On The Table, we feature...

Don’t neglect hearing issues, even if they’re unrelated to MS

I underwent cognitive testing in May, and it was extremely thorough and more involved than I expected. I saw the notes on the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare website soon after, b...

A SHRED OF LIGHT IN THE GATHERING DARKNESS.

Editor's Note: This week, Peter doubles down on his bleak predictions for our automotive future but insists there's a sliver of hope that "car culture" as we know it will endure. I...

Authority Without Control: A Memoir on Conflict, Restraint, and Leadership

This is not a war story. It is a record of responsibility. Lessons from a career. Authority Without Control is a memoir of leadership under pressure, where decisions carry weight l...

Look Out Below!

Look Out Below! Air Facts Journal The National Intercollegiate Flying Association brings together collegiate aviation programs from across the country to compete in precision flyin...

You Never Know Where They’ll Show Up

This time we showed up for a sanction, an Eiger Sanction. Thanks Oak City Tactics!

Freedom Four

A Friday Hodgepodge1. "The Foreign-Born Heroes Who Chose America," by Agustina Vergara Cid (The Orange County Register):Lafayette chose to fight for America after he became enamor...

THE ACCIDENTAL HORSE GUY

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BFG Monday: The Sling of the Marine Corps

Anyone who has spent time around issued gear knows how rare it is for a product to earn real trust. Most equipment gets tolerated. Some get modified immediately. Some get complaine...

Springing Back

As everybody knows by now, this blog is merely an avocation; my vocation is of course my ongoing mission as the Classic Cycle Old Crap Test Pilot, and the latest bicycle I am test-...

Quarter For Your Thoughts

Lately I’ve been riding this 1999 GT XCR 1000, and I’ve been having a lot of fun: And of course part of the fun is that it’s a full-suspension bike, and therefore a novelty to me,...

IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

Editor's Note: This week, Peter is taking a much-needed break from his column. How long will this "break" go on? We're not really sure. In the meantime, we're re-running one of my...

Spearheading the Spectrum: How CPT Curtis Hart is Driving Acquisition Reform and Electromagnetic Dominance for PdM EWI

In an era where the battlefield is increasingly defined by invisible frequencies and data dominance, the Army Acquisition Corps is under a clear mandate: deliver capabilities faste...