Hendrix's Eccentric Commentary

Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs

Category: Current Military Affairs

  • Stepping Off

    11/22/2012 Scott N. Hendrix is watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which just featured the US Air Force Band and Honor Guard.  The HONOR GUARD could not manage to all…


  • Peace in our Time

    2/13/2025 Apparently Donald Trump, President of the United States and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia are to meet and end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is not invited.  I would…


  • Trooping the Color

    2/10/2025 I was just watching video of the Trooping of the Color — the spectacular parade held every year in June to celebrate the monarch of Great Britain’s birthday. The…


  • The Status of the War in Ukraine

    1/30/2025 There is a sort of life-cycle factor at play. Ukraine started the war with a smaller army that was better trained and much more motivated, the Russians started with…


  • Toujours Auftragstaktik?

    Scott N. Hendrix,  Ph.D. hendsn1@gmail.com Much of the discussion about auftragstaktik seems an example of what has been described as “Wehrmacht Penis Envy,” an infectious fetishization of the German Army…


  • Larger Observations on the War in Ukraine

    10/15/2024 For the first two years of the war in Ukraine I was publishing periodic observations about the war.  What follows below is my attempts to offer a larger perspective. …


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