Over the weekend, my brother-in-law texted, saying he had received five emails from my blog and wanted to make sure I was aware. The answer is both yes and no. I recently re-enabled the blog section of my website—a part of the site I hid back in 2019. It was a decision I have long … Continue reading Correcting a Mistake from 2019: Re-Establishing my Blog on Chasespears.com
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Introducing Professional Ethics to the Army Public Affairs Program
The Army is the largest military service in the U.S. Department of Defense. The Army’s public affairs (PA) program traces its history back to Gen. Douglass McArthur. As a young officer serving overseas, he is said to have believed in the importance of communicating soldiers’ stories to the public back in the states. That directive … Continue reading Introducing Professional Ethics to the Army Public Affairs Program
Coming of Age in Two Families
“You don’t have the discipline to make it.” Someone very important in my life told me, when I said that I was thinking about joining the Army in 2003. It was not meant as an insult. It was just that from his perspective, I would not adapt to a stringent culture. Truth be told, I … Continue reading Coming of Age in Two Families
Gold Star Carpeting
Over the last few days the nation has been treated to a new low in politics, courtesy of the Democratic National Committee using a Gold Star family to make a cheap political shot in our ongoing ever-childish presidential race. Predictably, the press has gone wild to make victims out of the Khan family and to … Continue reading Gold Star Carpeting
Dr. Chase Spears 