John J. Waters

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  • May 27, 2024
    In 2006, Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, aged 25, gave his life for our country. The Medal of Honor citation describes how insurgents hurled a grenade onto the rooftop where the...
  • January 22, 2024
    Author Robert Kaplan once shared with me what he believes is the military's greatest weakness: “The general officer corps is sometimes asked to be strategic and...
  • January 8, 2024
    I was very naïve when I left the military. I’d spent years concentrating on “leadership,” daydreaming about how I would perform under threat of gunfire and...
  • January 1, 2024
    I wrote earlier this month about the “final class” of Marine Corps Scout Snipers. The Marine Corps is in process of discontinuing its infantry Scout Sniper platoons in...