A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Our U.S. Army

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Our U.S. Army

  Rockwall, TX (July 26, 2023) – Today the US Army has about 500,000 Soldiers in its active force. As previously discussed, people range in rank from Private to General. Skills these Soldiers are trained in range from supply room clerks, to infantryman, to tank commanders, to personnel specialists, to almost any vocation you would […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: That BUFF, “ Big Ugly Fat Fellow”…The B-52 Airplane

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: That BUFF, “ Big Ugly Fat Fellow”…The B-52 Airplane

Rockwall, TX (July 12, 2023) – I recently published an article discussing the introduction of a new recruit into the Army and several readers have asked that I write some more weekly articles about the military. Let’s first look at an Air Force subject. In 1955, the US Air Force introduced its new strategic bomber, […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: And the Great Debate Continues

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: And the Great Debate Continues

Rockwall, TX (May 2, 2023) – Currently in Austin, the House of Representatives and the Senate continue to debate two different plans to reduce our Property Taxes. The subject of reduction in this tax has been on the forefront of issues for more than several years. But it really started to heat up after about […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Protest Your Property Taxes! It’s Perfectly Legal!

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Protest Your Property Taxes! It’s Perfectly Legal!

Rockwall, TX (April 26, 2023) – While there is a lot of talk in Austin right now about lowering your property tax, nothing is going to happen by May 15, the date when you must fie to protest your current property tax.  Fortunately, in the State of Texas you have several options when it comes […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Some Things Should Never be Forgotten.

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Some Things Should Never be Forgotten.

Rockwall, TX (April 18, 2023) – A couple of stories from long ago that should never go away and never be forgotten. In November of 1965, a US Army Battalion of about 450 Soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the La Trang Valley of South Vietnam. They were immediately surrounded by […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Some current military observations

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: Some current military observations

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 17, 2023) And the mystery continues. Why didn’t we shoot down the Chinese spy balloon that crossed the entire United States before our military finally shot it down as it passed over our Eastern coast? That, in my opinion, is a good question. Ask yourself, “What if that would have been one […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A view from the past

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A view from the past

Rockwall, TX (Jan. 15, 2023) During the Gulf War of 1991, a large coalition force from 30 nations, led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations, attacked through Kuwait and into Iraq with the task of liberating Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion of August 2, 1990. As this force prepared to attack, one […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: More on property tax

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: More on property tax

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 6, 2022) You know, sometimes the things that come out of Austin just have to make you laugh. If you remember, several sessions ago the group in Austin ended with their pronouncement that the Property Tax issue had been fixed. The subject was addressed by our legislative group in Austin because of […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: It’s simply time to quit talking and start doing

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: It’s simply time to quit talking and start doing

ROCKWALL, TX (Nov. 28, 2022) Several weeks ago, Heath former Mayor, Lorne Liechty, wrote an article entitled “Rockwall County Open Space: ‘We Must Not Delay any Longer’, which was published in the local newspaper, “Blue Ribbon News”. In his article Mr. Liechty argued pervasively that Open Spaces in the county was a subject that had […]

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A major problem still not fixed

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: A major problem still not fixed

ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (Nov. 22, 2022) A year ago last February, we here in the North Dallas area experienced almost a day and a half without electrical power. No electricity for lights, heat, entertainment, running of essential equipment, or power to run our ever-present battery chargers for our cell phones! Not only we in North […]

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