Twenty years ago, at the outset of over a decade’s service at the department recently re-branded from “Defense” to “War”, I swore an oath to the Constitution of a country that day-by-day I find increasingly difficult to recognize.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/19/this-is-not-fine/

To Kill A Democracy: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/