Military

Looking at how easy so many were brainwashed to attack their own democracy, yes we have a problem — Introduction Hello there. For those who do not know, I’m Johnny Silvercloud, a civil rights and conflict photographer in Washington D.C. You might want to follow to keep an eye on my work. Yes, I was there. I was there on the streets when Trump pushed his mod to attack the…

SAF Day 2022 — I remember on a cool sunny December day in 1973, I reported to (then) Central Manpower Base (CMPB) at Dempsey Road for National Service (NS). Today is the 55th Anniversary of National Service. National Service is the mandatory military service for male Singaporeans instituted in 1967 to create the Singapore…

This is a section out of a recent writing project that will appear in Medium in three parts. The already published first part explains ‘single-loop thinking’ which is non-reflective, and largely indicative of what most modern military decision-making has operators do. These treatments are working drafts from an upcoming design…

I am baffled by the flare story. Sand Diego gets a lot of them. The Navy conducts equipment test, so flares is plausible. And maybe I don’t know enough about flares. The Phoenix Lights was said to be flares. The Military launched some flares around that time, and the people…

‘The Killer Angels’ shows how the Battle of Gettysburg halted Gen. Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North — An old joke says that South lost the Civil War because the Confederate Army “couldn’t win on the road.” There’s some truth to the gallows humor. On July 4, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee withdrew after the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, halting his invasion of the North and helping to…

Women have always been a part of the IDF. Lately, there’s been a huge interest in joining combat units. — During Israel’s 1948 War of Independence, if you were an Israeli woman born between 1920–1930 and hadn’t had children, you were fighting. My wife’s grandmother is a prime example. Born around that time and living in Israel, she began her service working as an underground guerrilla fighter in the Palmach…