Chase Spears
@DrChaseSpears
Christ-follower | Family guy | Citizen | Former Army Paratrooper & Afghan War #veteran | Writer and Host of the Finding Your Spine Podcast | Gal. 4:4-7
"When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen." -George Washington
Finding some great opportunities to reflect on courage in our discussion of Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring tonight with the Kansas City Tolkien Society. #FindingYourSpine
The confirmation of @matthewlohmeier as Air Force Undersecretary is a reversal that should encourage and build resolve among patriots. redstate.com/chase-spears/2…
What a great point to wind down my discussion this week with Dr. Joshua Bowman, as we reflected on the oases as a base for building resolve. If you don’t currently have an oases, and there isn’t one to be found where you are, look for people who have a shared interest and create…
I appreciate Stu's work and transparency. That said, without accountability, I remain unable to recommend military service to young people who ask. Why? Because the machine will outlive people like Stu, Hegseth, et al. If they allow lawbreaking commanders to remain, those same…
This week I examined the COVID-19 reinstatement process. Here’s what I learned. First, people need to understand the difference between involuntary and voluntary separation. If a service member refused the shot and was forced out via administrative separation it was involuntary.…
For perspective, that's more than the number of slaves shipped to North America during the entire 350-year history of the transatlantic slave trade.
By the time Biden left office the number of missing trafficked children was closer to 450,000. Approximately 90% of the addresses the Biden Administration recorded for half a million UACs is fake, false or abandoned.
It’s right to call men and woman to courage. It’s also right, as Dr. Joshua Bowman reminds, to acknowledge that we all have moments of weakness, that there are times when each one of us misses the mark. As with all things in life, we can learn from mistakes of weakness and gird…
I appreciate the @TheVGBlog team adding to the conversation about the dire need to ensure that America's military members know what's in the U.S. Constitution. You can read my original argument here: redstate.com/chase-spears/2…
Constitutional Training For Military And Every Child In America victorygirlsblog.com/?p=209410
In this moment Dr. Josh Bowman and I ventured near the principle that a soldier doesn’t kill because of hatred for what’s in front of him, but love for what’s behind him. Though courage is an individual choice to overcome natural fear, it is emboldened by knowing someone…
The generals and admirals talk about obeying orders, especially the illegal ones. It's time to raise a new group of military leaders who believe in the Constitution. redstate.com/chase-spears/2…
”When we commit to the Armed Forces, the primary thing we commit to is dutifully & with complete ownership executing the lawful orders given to us by our superiors” -ADM Caudle When asked in ‘22 if sailors w/ Religious beliefs should be retained No mention of the Constitution…
We do well in thinking about courage to turn to wise men who walked this path before. Dr. Josh Bowman reminds us of deep insight from the late C.S. Lewis and Dr. Samuel Johnson. “Where courage is not, no other virtue can survive, but by accident.” Tune in to this thinking…
Never forget
Airbus threaten to terminate employees that did not want the risk of an unproven & hazardous covid jab. I was faced with 2 bad choices, either take a risk that I did not want or lose the ability to support my family. Feeling scared and intimidated I took the chance & nearly died
Most people would be very grateful to have an entire 10 months notice that their job is going away. But not this guy. I cannot fathom how CBS show lost $40-million annually on this temperamental, hyper-entitled imp.
Stephen Colbert says CBS made one mistake in its decision to cancel the Late Show: "They left me alive. And now, for the next ten months, the gloves are off." → cons.lv/IJoNmG
It seems weird that the land of the free developed a culture that told women they're 'liberated' by telling their husbands to shove off, so they can fall under the control of men at work.
women, can we PLEASE agree on this?
Choosing a lifestyle that practices courage is more likely than not to leave you feeling isolated. But in an ironic twist, the courageous still need to draw from an oases that includes others to keep the fire alive. As Dr. Josh Bowman reminds, Christ offers the deepest well from…
I came across these words during my reading of Charles Spurgeon this morning. Men, are we living up to this? We should be. Let our yes be yes, and our no be no.
What’s even worse is those still serving have no sense of guilt over what they did even after being shown the facts. The Constitution should be held sacred, and UNDERSTOOD, by all those who take an oath in defense of it. The oath is treated more as a formality due to the lack of…