Many of you challenge the qualifications of David H. Hackworth (since he
doesn't agree with your prejudices).

Follows is a bio from http://www.hackworth.com/


Currently a syndicated columnist for King Features (Defending America),
David Hackworth is co-author of the 1989 international best seller,
About Face subtitled,The Odyssey of an American Warrior and the
subsequent Brave Men.

He also co-authored the Vietnam Primer -- the fighting man's bible for
guerrilla warfare in Vietnam which was published by the Pentagon and
used as a training manual during the Vietnam War -- and Hazardous Duty
which has been a best seller all around America and is still on the
shelves in paperback.

Hack's most recent book, Steel My Soldiers' Hearts has been a best
seller around the nation. Lot's of excellent insights from readers can
be found here.

These pages are designed to introduce you to Colonel Hackworth and keep
you up to date with his writings and personal mission to: "ensure that
American troops are never put in harm's way without the right training,
the right equipment, the right leadership, and the right mission." more
***
*And before you can bitch about him profiting from book sales note the
following*

Profits from sales of Hazardous Duty, Brave Men, Vietnam Primer and
Price of Honor go to SFTT (soldiers for the truth) written by and for
soldiers.

SFTT News http://www.sftt.org/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ROGER CHARLES TO HEAD SFTT

12/16/04 -- Colonel David Hackworth (U.S. Army, ret.), Chairman of
Soldiers For The Truth (SFTT), the advocate organization for serving men
and women dedicated to ensuring that American soldiers, sailors, airmen
and Marines receive the right training, leadership and equipment, today
announced that Roger Charles, an award-winning investigative journalist
with a broad range of experience covering national security affairs, had
been confirmed by the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board as
SFTT’s new President. After almost a decade as an SFTT Vice-President,
Charles will now lead the organization’s continuing efforts to effect
real change in our nation’s armed forces.

Lt. Colonel Charles (U.S.M.C., ret.) graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1967, earning a B.S. in General Engineering and
History. From there he went on to serve in the United States Marine
Corps for 23 years, including service in Vietnam and later with the
office of the Secretary of Defense as well as a stint as a regional desk
officer with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also graduated
from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1980, the U.S. Naval
War College in 1981 and earned a Masters of Arts in National Security
Studies from Georgetown University in 1987.

After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1990, Colonel Charles worked as
a journalist and national security consultant. The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian
national television network.

Colonel Charles also served as a field investigator and reporter on the
Oklahoma City Bombing with both national media outlets and interested
local parties.

Colonel Hackworth notes, “Roger Charles has been with SFTT from its
inception and I have no doubt that he will make sure SFTT continues to
deliver the hard-hitting, ahead-of-the-pack investigative reporting
that’s become our trademark.”

Now how about at least checking the sites given before the bitching starts.

OOOps forgot to include Hacks Bio


Biography

Hack's military career as a sailor, soldier and a military correspondent
has spanned nearly a dozen wars and conflicts, from the end of World War
II to the recent meltdown in the ex-Yugoslavia.

He sailed in the merchant marine at age 14 and the U.S. Army at 15. In
almost 26 years in the Army he spent over seven years in combat
theaters, winning a battlefield commission in Korea to become that war's
youngest Army captain.

After almost five years in Vietnam Hack's cup runneth over. In 1971, as
the Army's youngest colonel he spoke out on national television saying,
"This is a bad war ... it can't be won we need to get out." In that
interview, he also said that the North Vietnamese flag would fly over
Saigon in four years -- a prediction that turned out to be right on
target. He was the only senior officer to sound off about the insanity
of the war. Understandably, Nixon and the Army weren't real happy with
his shooting off his mouth.

With all his many awards, Hack still considers the Combat Infantryman
Badge and the United Nations Medal for Peace -- which he was presented
for his anti-nuclear work in Australia -- his "highest awards.

Hack is a regular guest on national radio and TV shows, and from 1990 to
the end of 1996, he was Newsweek's contributing editor for defense.
Besides his Newsweek cover stories and other reporting, he has been
featured in magazines including People, Parade, Men's Journal, and has
also been published in Playboy, Soldier of Fortune, Self and Modern
Maturity. His column, Defending America, appears weekly in newspapers
across America and on this site.

During Desert Storm which Hack covered for Newsweek, he was the only
correspondent to accurately predict the outcome of the Gulf War. He has
won many national and international awards for his Newsweek reporting,
including the George Washington Honor Medal for excellence in
communications.

Hack's books include The Vietnam Primer and the international best
seller About Face, Hazardous Duty and The Price of Honor. His newest
book, Steel My Soldiers' Heart's, a best seller from coast to coast, is
now in the bookstores and amazon.com and bn.com

Hack is an advocate of military reform and a believer that the big fire
power -- "nuke-the-pukes" -- solution won't work anymore, but that
doesn't mean war will go away. He sees big and little fights ahead and
urges military reform. He believes passionately that "America needs a
streamlined, hard hitting force for the 21st century" and beyond. Hack
brings to his mission his unique experience acquired in almost 52 years
of bouncing around hot and cold battlefields. He also brings an
insider's view of the Pentagon and the military establishment made
deadly current by input provided on a daily basis by serving warriors
from around the globe. E-mail frequently brings him the word before the
Pentagon gets it.




Jim, wrote:

Many of you challenge the qualifications of David H. Hackworth (since he
doesn't agree with your prejudices).

Follows is a bio from http://www.hackworth.com/


Currently a syndicated columnist for King Features (Defending America),
David Hackworth is co-author of the 1989 international best seller,
About Face subtitled,The Odyssey of an American Warrior and the
subsequent Brave Men.

He also co-authored the Vietnam Primer -- the fighting man's bible for
guerrilla warfare in Vietnam which was published by the Pentagon and
used as a training manual during the Vietnam War -- and Hazardous Duty
which has been a best seller all around America and is still on the
shelves in paperback.

Hack's most recent book, Steel My Soldiers' Hearts has been a best
seller around the nation. Lot's of excellent insights from readers can
be found here.

These pages are designed to introduce you to Colonel Hackworth and keep
you up to date with his writings and personal mission to: "ensure that
American troops are never put in harm's way without the right training,
the right equipment, the right leadership, and the right mission." more
***
*And before you can bitch about him profiting from book sales note the
following*

Profits from sales of Hazardous Duty, Brave Men, Vietnam Primer and
Price of Honor go to SFTT (soldiers for the truth) written by and for
soldiers.

SFTT News http://www.sftt.org/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ROGER CHARLES TO HEAD SFTT

12/16/04 -- Colonel David Hackworth (U.S. Army, ret.), Chairman of
Soldiers For The Truth (SFTT), the advocate organization for serving men
and women dedicated to ensuring that American soldiers, sailors, airmen
and Marines receive the right training, leadership and equipment, today
announced that Roger Charles, an award-winning investigative journalist
with a broad range of experience covering national security affairs, had
been confirmed by the Board of Directors and the Advisory Board as
SFTT’s new President. After almost a decade as an SFTT Vice-President,
Charles will now lead the organization’s continuing efforts to effect
real change in our nation’s armed forces.

Lt. Colonel Charles (U.S.M.C., ret.) graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis in 1967, earning a B.S. in General Engineering and
History. From there he went on to serve in the United States Marine
Corps for 23 years, including service in Vietnam and later with the
office of the Secretary of Defense as well as a stint as a regional desk
officer with the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also graduated
from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1980, the U.S. Naval
War College in 1981 and earned a Masters of Arts in National Security
Studies from Georgetown University in 1987.

After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1990, Colonel Charles worked as
a journalist and national security consultant. The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian
national television network.

Colonel Charles also served as a field investigator and reporter on the
Oklahoma City Bombing with both national media outlets and interested
local parties.

Colonel Hackworth notes, “Roger Charles has been with SFTT from its
inception and I have no doubt that he will make sure SFTT continues to
deliver the hard-hitting, ahead-of-the-pack investigative reporting
that’s become our trademark.”

Now how about at least checking the sites given before the bitching starts.

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:41:51 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian
national television network.

What a list, huh?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:49:52 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

OOOps forgot to include Hacks Bio

That's OK. I didn't even miss it.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:41:51 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes
Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian
national television network.

What a list, huh?

John H

Jeezus.....learn to read.

On 28 Jan 2005 11:43:32 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:41:51 GMT, "Jim," wrote:

The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes
Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the Norwegian
national television network.

What a list, huh?

John H

Jeezus.....learn to read.

Don't call me that. It's taking the Lord's name in vain. Shame on you.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:49:52 GMT, "Jim," wrote:


OOOps forgot to include Hacks Bio


That's OK. I didn't even miss it.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Too bad you didn't read it John -- you might learn something about what
a real soldier is.

JohnH wrote:

Don't call me that. It's taking the Lord's name in vain. Sha=ADme on you.


***********

You're a religious guy. I'm surprised you don't know the meaning of the
phrase "taking the name in vain." I'm not, but I do.

It's a prohibition against using the name Yahweh when casting a spell
or pronouncing a curse.
"God damn you" may come close to crossing the line, but "Oh my God,"
"God but you're ugly", and other casual references like
"Jesus.......learn to read" fall well outside the intention of that
particular Mosaic commandment.

On 29 Jan 2005 01:15:11 -0800, wrote:

JohnH wrote:

Don't call me that. It's taking the Lord's name in vain. Sha?e on you.


***********

You're a religious guy. I'm surprised you don't know the meaning of the
phrase "taking the name in vain." I'm not, but I do.

It's a prohibition against using the name Yahweh when casting a spell
or pronouncing a curse.
"God damn you" may come close to crossing the line, but "Oh my God,"
"God but you're ugly", and other casual references like
"Jesus.......learn to read" fall well outside the intention of that
particular Mosaic commandment.

Calling someone like me 'Jesus' (or a variant thereof) *is* as bad as
using the Lord's name to pronounce a curse or casting a spell. The
issue is the disrespect shown the Lord.

Now, if the poster had called *you* (or most others in the group)
'Jesus' (or a variant thereof), then you'd be correct.

You're more religious than you think, Chuck! You're probably much more
religious than I am.


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 11:43:32 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:41:51 GMT, "Jim,"
wrote:

The list of news
organizations that have benefited from his expertise includes
Newsweek,
60 minutes, Nightline, the New York Times, The Washington Post,
The
Boston Globe, ABC News, 20/20, CNN, BBC News and NRK, the
Norwegian
national television network.

What a list, huh?

John H

Jeezus.....learn to read.

Don't call me that. It's taking the Lord's name in vain. Shame on
you.

John H

Really? You have a Lord named "Jeezus"???