Published in The Washington Post on December 23, 2018 America has lost a courageous leader and patriot. Admiral James Aloysius “Ace” Lyons, Jr, U.S. Navy (retired). passed away in Warrenton, VA on December 12, 2018 at the age of 91. Born in New Jersey to James A. and Marion F. Lyons, he…
Gen. Tom McInerney honors the memory of Admiral James “Ace” Lyons, who passed away last week, in a recent radio interview.
Yesterday America lost a great man, Admiral James “Ace” Lyons (retired). He was a patriot, a warrior, a leader, a husband, father and friend. At age 91, he continued writing a semi-regular column. What turned out to be his final column was written just last month. I got to know…
As Thanksgiving approaches, I just wanted to give thanks to the friends and supporters of the Citizens Commission on National Security (CCNS). And to wish all of you a very peaceful, loving Thanksgiving holiday shared with friends and family. We, the CCNS, have just gotten started, and are planning to…
My op-ed on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the US Marine Beirut Barracks Bombing had generated a number of questions on the US Navy’s disastrous follow-on strike on 4 December, 1983 against two Syrian surface-to-air missile sites (SA-7) that were firing on our reconnaissance aircraft. To set the record straight, here…
With all the media focus on the caravan, the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder, and later the pipe bombs, there was scant coverage of the tragic Beirut US Marine Barracks bombing October 23, 1983. We had proof positive intelligence that the orders for that bombing came direct from Tehran, but…
The missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has caused world leaders to focus on not only the role Saudi Arabia may have played in his disappearance but also its role in the Yemeni civil war. The missing Saudi journalist (a U.S. resident) is apparently the victim of a political assassination of…
Last week at the commencement of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York on 24 September 2018, President Trump made several important points about the United States’ role in the world, including progress on issues with North Korea and Iran. One of the most important messages he delivered was…
It has been 17 years since the Islamic jihadists conducted their terrorist attack on America, 11 September, 2001, killing almost 3,000 innocent Americans who were doing nothing more than going to work. What was the ideology that drove these Islamic jihadists to carry out such atrocious acts? Our political and…
On Aug. 30, 2018, the Navy Times featured an article on the so-called “Drag Queen – Happy Daniels” portrayed by a Yeoman Third Class Petty Officer at a sanctioned Morale Welfare Recreation (MWR) event on board the carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in Yokoska, Japan. The Petty Officer involved is…
Today, we are being challenged on multiple fronts by China and their aggression and expansionists policies. Clearly, their primary strategic objective is to dominate the Western Pacific and the Asian Rimland. The Rimland is the strip of coastal land that encircles Eurasia. For decades we had encouraged China’s economic growth…
Nearly two years after the election of Donald Trump as president, America is still suffering the consequences of the deterioration of our national security under former President Barack Obama. In a 10 August, 2018 article by Mary Fanning and Alan Jones, they have provided information on Obama’s billionaire Iraqi patron…