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: 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: What should we expect from Rockwall’s new Commissioners Court

A Broad View by Jerry Hogan: What should we expect from Rockwall’s new Commissioners Court

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 19, 2022) Christmas is on Sunday…and seven days later we here in Rockwall County will have a new Commissioners Court with three brand new members. What should we expect of this new court going forward? The new judge, Frank New, is currently a Heath city council member and owner of his own […]

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 […]