The Spyglass

Review of Greyhound

Review by David Mattingly

Disclaimer, I never served on what we in the Navy referred to as “small boys or…

Some Gave All: A Review of “Danger Close”

Deployment after deployment, the U.S. has sent its men and women into battle. Yet, who…

The Day I Was Deported From Iraq

Arriving at an airport brings with it many emotions including the excitement of seeing family and…

Cuba Libre!

Castro is dead! The headlines hit my Twitter account last night with a colleague posting live video from the streets of Miami…

The Mattingly’s: My Military Family

From the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom

You Don’t Know Jack: Meeting an Iwo Jima Vet!

If you have read some of my earlier posts, I advocated for going the extra mile…

Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming, We’re finally on our own.

This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio.

Hello in there, hello!

Finding a new shipmate at the World War II Memorial

The American Lens: A review of Why America Misunderstands the World