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Is military integrity a contradiction in terms? Part 1

Copyright John T. Reed “Qui male agit odit lucem.” (“He who behaves badly hates the light.” John 3:20) On June 5, 1968, I woke up as a member of the...

Is military integrity a contradiction in terms? Part 2

continued from Part 1 In a Time of War example Page 205 of the 2008 book In a Time of War contains an exchange where one non-West Point female officer...

Articles on military matters

  Some of these have been converted to the Shopify format—my current web site with my photo at the top left. Others are still in the old web site. For...

Should there be a military draft?

Should there be a military draft? Absolutely. Actually, I think a better question is whether anyone should be allowed into the military by any other means. This article has changed...

Leadership lessons for the military from the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch TV series

Copyright by John T. Reed Deadliest Catch, not to be confused with Ocean’s Deadliest, the series that was filming when Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray, is a weekly...

The U.S. military gives no medals for moral courage

Copyright John T. Reed The U.S. military has a bunch of medals for physical courage, but they have never had even a single medal for moral courage. Why not? The...

U.S. military personnel who died to impress V.I.P.s

Copyright John T. Reed I have been trying to get this story out to the public for 37 years. I’ve offered it to 60 Minutes, 20/20 and other investigative journalists....

A football coach analyzes U.S. military tactics and strategy

A football coach analyzes U.S. military tactics and strategy by John T. Reed Copyright John T. Reed Many have noted that football and war seem similar in many ways. I...

Did U.S. military personnel really earn all their medals?

Copyright John T. Reed You often read about a guy who is described as “the most decorated soldier in the Korean War” or some such. I may be the least...

The general who lied about Pat Tillman gets promoted to military’s highest rank and made head of Afghanistan

Tillman cover-up general promoted Copyright by John T. Reed I ripped General Stanley McChrystal up one side and down the other in recent years for his lying and covering up...

The military’s self-characterization as ‘selfless servant warriors’

When I was at West Point from 1964 to 1968 and in the Army from 1968 to 1972, we regarded ourselves as “cadets” or “army officers.” That is, if you...

The military’s self-characterization as ‘selfless servant warriors’

Selfless warriors When I was at West Point from 1964 to 1968 and in the Army from 1968 to 1972, we regarded ourselves as “cadets” or “army officers.” That is,...

Fortune magazine 3/22/10 cover story on recent military officers being hired by big corporations

John T. Reed’s comments on Fortune’s 3/22/10 article on military officers Copyright by John T. Reed Fortune magazine had a cover story in its 3/22/10 issue on the subject of...

At what level should Army play NCAA football to maintain its integrity and academic standards

What NCAA football should Army have? D-III high academic, NESCAC if they’ll have us. . Or a military academy, sort of, league: USCGA, USMMA, SUNY Maritime, Maine Maritime, MIT, Norwich....

The 'U.S. military’s marathon, 30-year, single-elimination, suck-up tournament' or 'How America selects its generals'

Copyright John T. Reed Americans assume that our generals, especially our top generals, are our best military leaders, proven in combat and selected based on their performance leading men in...

John T. Reed’s review of A Question of Loyalty by Douglas Waller

Copyright by John T. Reed The 2004 book A Question of Loyalty by Douglas Waller is a biography of Army Air Corps General Billy Mitchell. The book focuses on the...

The suicide or murder of Col. Ted Westhusing in Iraq

The suicide, or murder, of Col. Ted Westhusing in Iraq Copyright John T. Reed Shot in the head Ted Westhusing graduated from West Point in 1983. He was his West...

review of The West Point Way of Leadership by Larry Donnithorne

West Point has turned out more leaders than the Harvard Business School. So says the book jacket of, and the advertisements for, The West Point Way of Leadership by Larry...

John T. Reed’s review of The Gamble by Tom Ricks

Copyright by John T. Reed  The book The Gamble by Tom Ricks is about the conception, selling, planning, and execution of the so-called “Surge” and related aspects of American military...

John T. Reed’s review of The Cost of Loyalty by Tim Bakken

I got my copy of West Point whistleblower Tim Bakken’s book The Cost of Loyalty. He was a law professor at West Point for 20 years and because of his...