GQ aboard ship means General Quarters, all hands man your battle stations. It takes 5 to 10 minutes for a ship to be battle-ready through continuous training. No one cares whether the captain is a Democrat or a Republican—complete unity under an oath and the UCMJ. I took my first oath 65 years ago and three more times thereafter. Now, I am unable to physically fight, but not too old to write. In military conflict, experience is the best teacher. Military conflict is not a game of checkers or chess. Therefore, I am still honoring my oath in my way. Planting seeds of wisdom, being born during World War II.

In a divided nation, Psychological Mechanisms are at work rather than psychological reciprocity. Unless there’s a change in the rhetoric, because poop runs downhill, things are going to get worse before they get better.