- “Why MAGA scares me so much,” Tampa Bay Times, 28 October 2023
- “Let’s understand the awful truth of the Afghan war,” Tampa Bay Times, 19 August 2023
- “I’ve seen firsthand what landmines can do,” Tampa Bay Times, 18 June 2023
- “War is ruthless, but should the U.S. be ruthless when it goes to war?,” Tampa Bay Times, 27 May 2023
- “Here are five ways to make America Better,” Tampa Bay Times, 8 April 2023
- “With what we know now, why is Fox News still broadcast on the American Forces Network?,” Tampa Bay Times, 4 March 2023
- “What Putin got wrong and the West got right in Ukraine,” Tampa Bay Times, 21 February 2023
- “Here’s why We’re Seeing So Many Drones Used In Ukraine And Elsewhere,” Tampa Bay Times, 7 February 2023
- “What I Hear About War Crimes From Ukraine,” Tampa Bay Times, 19 December 2022
- “American Racism,” Atlantic Perspectives Magazine (Netherlands), December 2022, co-author
- “A Sea Change in Europe Over Ukraine,” Marine Corps Gazette, November 2022
- “The American Mid-term Elections,” Atlantic Perspectives Magazine (Netherlands), October 2022
- “Nailing Putin for war crimes will not be easy,” Tampa Bay Times, 22 September 2022
- “Gesture spoke volumes What a kiss on my hand taught me about Ukraine’s fight,” Tampa Bay Times, 15 September 2022
- “The truth will catch up to Putin,” Tampa Bay Times, 12 September 2022
- “Removing Russia from the UN Security Council is a punishment that would matter,” Tampa Bay Times, 16 April 2022 (re-published in ukrainecrisis.org)
- “Ukraine needs clandestine help from the west,” Tampa Bay Times, 5 March 2022
- “Know the Goal Before Committing Troops – or Lose the War,” Tampa Bay Times, 15 February 2022
- “Why this Conservative Veteran Quit the Republican Party,” Tampa Bay Times, 29 December 2021
- “America has Forgotten the Lesson of Total War,” Tampa Bay Times, 27 November 2021
- “Why America Lost the War in Afghanistan, Atlantic Perspectives Magazine, (Netherlands), October 2021
- “Afghanistan’s Lesson? Fight to Win or Stay at Home,” Tampa Bay Times, 14 August 2021
- “Why is Fox News’ Propaganda Still Broadcast on the Armed Forces Network?,” Tampa Bay Times, 17 July 2021
- “American Extremism,” Atlantic Perspectives Magazine, (Netherlands), June 2021
- “An Old Friend Died: I Blame the Republican Leadership,” Tampa Bay Times, 10 May 2021
- “On Race and Justice,” The Daily News, (hometown newspaper), 27 February 2021
- “A Warning for Us All,” Tampa Bay Times, (re-published in The Drop, Newsbreak, and picked-up by the Associated Press), 20 February 2021
- “The Long Tortuous Evolution,” Tampa Bay Times, 13 February 2021
- “The New Nobility,” Tampa Bay Times, 21 January 2021
- “A Dumb Question,” The Drop, fall, 2020
- “An Interesting and Challenging Retirement Job,” The Drop, summer, 2020
- “How Special Forces Acquired Branch Colors,” The Drop, summer, 2020
- “Coronavirus, Discord in America, and Emerging Trans-Atlantic Challenges,” Atlantic Perspectives, (Netherlands)
- “The moral courage of the military,” Tampa Bay Times, (re-published by Ethics and Psychology) 10 June 2020
- “America now pitied abroad,” Tampa Bay Times, (re-published by Pressreader.com) 31 May 2020
- “A President Incapable of Leadership,” The Daily News, (hometown newspaper) 26 May 2020
- “Crisis is the key test of leadership. In Coronavirus, Trump has fallen short,” Tampa Bay Times, 13 May 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: Militarism in America,” Military Times, (re-published by Environmentalists Against War and Bevara Alliansfriheten of Sweden) 10 May 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: On power and arrogance,” Military Times, 2 May 2020
- “For its own health, US should restore WHO funding now,” Tampa Bay Times, 29 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: When I was young,” Military Times, (re-published by the Early Bird) 27 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: Loyalty, regret, and honor,” Military Times, (re-published by the Early Bird) 21 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: Let it not be us,” Military Times, (also appeared in the Early Bird) 20 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: On Hope and COVID-19,” Military Times, 6 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: You can’t win a war with half measures,” Military Times, (also appeared in the Early Bird et. al.) 3 April 2020
- “Dispatch from Rome: Trying to make sense of COVID-19 numbers,” Military Times, 3 April 2020
- “Advice from a retired SF officer locked down in COVID-19 ravaged Italy,” lead article, Military Times, 29 March 2020
- “Retiring or departing military service? Check out the United Nations,” Military Times, (also appeared in the Early Bird), 11 February 2020
- “Special Operations Imperatives Utility in UN Security Operations,” The Drop, fall 2013
- “Thoughts on Hostage Taking in Yemen,” UNSECOORD-Yemen, 8 June 2002
- “In Kosovo, America Arrogance has Worn-out Its Welcome,” Army Times, 25 September 2000
- “Rangers Bled in Somalia While the Politicians Bailed Out,” Army Times, 7 August 2000
- “A Question of Morality,” Military, June 1999
- “NATO Allies Dancing Dangerously Close to Another World War,” Army Times, 24 May 1999
- “The Problem with Bombing — and with Dictating Morality,” Army Times, 17 May 1999
- “What is Humanitarian War?,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday edition, 9 May 1999
- “As Refugees Flee the Amorality, Think of the Threatened Three,” Army Times, 3 May 1999
- “Defining Victory may Prove Difficult,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 14 April 1999
- “The First Principle of War,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 9 April 1999
- “Former Yugoslavia’s Problems not Easily Solved,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 27 February 1999
- “Bin Laden’s Days are Numbered,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 15 January 1999
- “Cambodia: A Lesson That Must Not be Forgotten,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 9 December 1998, and Military, April 1999
- “Socialization May be a Key to Blacks’ Military Promotions,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 18 November 1998
- “The Arms Inspection Charade,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 9 September 1998
- “Doing away With the Divisions,” Army Times, 31 August 1998
- “Clinton Fails to Meet Military Standard,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday edition, 23 August 1998
- “Saddam is Scarcely an Enigma,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 8 May 1998
- “Rape: The Silent Epidemic in America,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 4 April 1998
- “Fix Schools by Paying Teachers More,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday edition, 15 February 1998
- “Worst Could Be Behind Saddam’s Stalling,” Army Times, 16 February 1998
- “Make No Mistake – Saddam Is Nobody’s Fool,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 31 January 1998
- “Naval Officers Need Joint Legs,” Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1997
- “The Sentinels,” Army Times, 16 September 1996
- “Affirmative Action’s Death Knell,” Army Times, 8 April 1996
- “When Efficiency is Less Effective,” Army Times, 20 November 1996
- “Service Gives Sense of Purpose,” Army Times, 11 September 1995
- “Why Goldwater-Nichols Didn’t Go Far Enough,” Joint Force Quarterly, spring 1995, lead of 3 co-authors
- “Selection Boards May Not Be Fair, But Neither Is Life,” Army Times, 7 November 1994
- “Selection for American Special Forces Follows British Special Air Service Model,” Special Forces, autumn 1994 (published in Great Britain)
- “Real American Contribution in Cambodia Came from The Heart,” Army Times, 19 September 1994
- “Get Published and Enjoy Making a Difference,” Army Times, 20 August 1994
- “UN Military Civic Action in Cambodia,” Special Warfare Magazine, July 1994 (photos by author)
- “Don’t Use Command Selection as Only Measure of Success,” Army Times, 20 June 1994
- “Peacetime Engagement and Special Operations Forces,” Military Intelligence Magazine, January-March, 1994
- “UN Missions are Worth Doing if Done Right,” Army Times, 10 January 1994
- “Cambodia’s Chance for a New Beginning,” Army Times, 8 November 1993
- “Remaining Engaged in Africa: An Army SOF Strategy,” Special Warfare Magazine, October 1993
- “How Leaders Should Build Loyalty…and Why,” Army Times, 13 September 1993
- “In World at War, Peacekeeping is Essential,” Army Times, 10 May 1993
- “UN Is the Logical Safety Net,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday edition, 28 March 1993, co-author
- “Faith, Not Fear, Should Drive Senior Leaders,” Army Times, 15 February 1993
- “Media Bias Against UNTAC,” Phnom Penh Post, 26 February 1993
- “The Special Skills of UN Military Observers in Cambodia,” The Peacekeepers, February 1993, co-author
- “Psychological Operations: Gulf War Force Multiplier,” Army Magazine, cover article, December 1992
- “Foreign Language Need Lost on Students,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, Sunday edition, 6 September 1992
- “Peacekeeping: Our Least Understood Mission,” Military Intelligence Magazine, July-September 1992
- “Raise Command and Staff School to Another Level,” Army Times, 13 July 1992
- “The North-South Conflict: The First Total Modern War,” Paraglide, 25 June 1992
- “Why Troops Went to The Gulf,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 18 April 1992
- “The Strategic Rationale for Special Operations Forces,” Military Review, April 1992
- “European Security in the 21st Century: An International Conference at Ecole Superieure de Guerre,” Military Review, November 1991, 1 of 4 co-authors
- “A Senior Officers Guide to Establishing a Counterpart Working Relationship in Saudi Arabia,” published for multi-service flag and senior grade officers by the 22nd Support Command, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 1991, primary author and editor
- “United Nations Duty Has Advantages,” Special Warfare Magazine, summer 1991, co-author
- “Protesters Misunderstand Our Gulf Aims,” Army Times, 3 December 1990
- “What Troops in the Gulf Need from Americans,” Chicago Tribune, 29 October 1990
- “Cairo Tour,” United Nations Truce Supervision News, 1 February 1990 (photos by author)
- “The Price of Peace,” United Nations Truce Supervision News, 1 February 1990
- “The Army’s Soldier-Statesmen,” Military Intelligence Magazine, April-June 1989, lead co-author
- On “Loyalty,” Infantry Magazine, June 1989
- “The Price of Freedom,” Fayetteville Observer-Times, 18 May 1989
- “A Commonsense Approach to Psychological Operations,” Special Warfare Magazine, January 1989, co-author
- “Functional Area 39: New Career Management for PSYO, active CA Officers,” Special Warfare Magazine, October 1988
- “America’s Objectives in the Middle East,” Military Intelligence Magazine, August-October 1988, lead co-author
- “Rambos We Are Not,” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 17 August 1988
- “Sino-American Security Ties,” Military Intelligence Magazine, April-June 1988
- “Factionalism in The Palestine Liberation Organization,” Military Intelligence Magazine, October-December 1987
- “Active Component Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Officers: A Brighter Future,” Civil Affairs Journal, September-October 1987
- “Terrorism: The Causal Factors — The Italian Red Brigades and the West German Baader-Meinhof Gang,” Military Intelligence Magazine, July-September 1982
- “Soviet Weaponry Used in War Reflects Size of Commitment,” Army Magazine, August 1982
- “Special Forces: A Strategic Asset,” Military Intelligence Magazine, January-March 1982
Published Book Reviews
- “You Can’t Fight Tanks with Bayonets: Psychological Warfare against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific” by Allison B. Gilmore, Special Warfare Magazine, fall 2000
- “Fighting for the Future” by Ralph Peters, Special Warfare Magazine, spring 2000
- “Phoenix and the Birds of Prey” by Mark Moyar, Special Warfare Magazine, winter 1999
- “Elements of Military Strategy” by Archer Jones, Special Warfare Magazine, fall 1998
- “Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Land Power in the 21st Century” by Douglas A. Macgregor, Special Warfare Magazine, spring 1998
- “Peacekeeper”, by Major General (retired) Lewis MacKenzie, Special Warfare Magazine, summer 1997
- “Losing Mogadishu: Testing U.S. Policy in Somalia” by Jonathan Stevenson, Special Warfare Magazine, January 1996
- “Leadership and the New Science” by Margaret Wheatley, Special Warfare Magazine, July 1995
- “We Were Soldiers Once… and Young” by LTG Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joe Galloway, Special Warfare Magazine, April 1995
- “Commandos: The Inside Story of America’s Secret Soldiers” by Douglas Waller, Special Warfare Magazine, July 1994
- The Tragedy of Cambodian History” by David Chandler, Parameters, spring 1994
- “Understanding War” by Peter Paret, Special Warfare Magazine, April 1994
- “Experience of War” edited by Robert Cowley, Special Warfare Magazine, January 1994
- “War, Peace, and Victory: Strategy and Statecraft for The Next Century” by Colin S.Gray, Special Warfare Magazine, October 1993
- “Joint Warfare of the U.S. Armed Forces” (Joint PUB 1), Special Warfare Magazine, May 1993
- “Uncomfortable Wars” edited by Ma G. Manwaring, Special Warfare Magazine, February 1993
- “From Shield to Storm” by James Dunnigan, Special Warfare Magazine, October 1992
- “On War” by Carl Von Clausewitz, as edited and translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, Special Warfare Magazine, March 1992
- “The Straw Giant” by Arthur T. Hadley, Special Warfare Magazine, October 1988
- “Low Intensity Conflict and Modern Technology” edited by David J. Dean, Special Warfare Magazine, summer 1989
- “On Strategy: The Vietnam War in Context” by Harry Summers, Special Warfare Magazine, summer 1989
- “Shi’ism, Resistance and Revolution” edited by Martin Kramer, Military Intelligence Magazine, April-June 1989