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GEOPOLITICAL MEMOIR
We’re Going to War With China and F*ck You
Part One: The U.S. Air Force Academy run-around 30 years later
Part One of a twelve-part series.
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World War II: The Pacific Theatre
“As I looked at the rubble of battle scattered along that little path, I was struck by the incongruity of it all. There, the Okinawans had tilled their soil with ancient and crude farming methods, but the war had come, bringing with it the latest and most refined technology for killing. It seemed so insane, and I realized that the war was like some sort of disease infecting man.”
― E.B. Sledge, With the Old Breed, At Peleliu and Okinawa
Important notes
I attended the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, from 1989 to 93. My 30–year reunion, which occurred October 12–14, 2023, inspired me to write this series of articles. I had no plans to write them until I returned home and had time to reflect on the weekend’s events. USAFA did not respond to a request for comment.
I don’t present reunion events chronologically for narrative purposes, and I include frequent flashbacks to my time as a cadet at…