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The US Army War College’s autumn, quarterly issue “Parameters” featured a report entitled “Lessons from Ukraine for the Armed Forces of the Future”. It is the first in a series commissioned one year ago by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command. A small group of scholars were assigned to study the Ukraine-Russia conflict and to report on various areas. The UK has done something similar also. This first report calls for a policy of “partial conscription,” to make up for the losses projected to be incurred if and when the USA engages in full-scale industrial warfare, presumably with Russia. Projected losses in such conflict stand at 3,600 Americans per day, with 800 needed conscripts per day. Anyone interested in averting or avoiding war would do well to be aware of what scant solutions exist to such problems.

Q: I am a 76-year-old man and saw my primary care doctor several weeks ago for a routine emphysema checkup. She made sure that I had the Moderna mRNA COVID vaccine twice about a year ago, when she pointed out to me that, with my lung issues and my age, that I probably wouldn’t survive a COVID infection.

As we continue to reflect on “living the truth in love” in our world, let us consider the following passage from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans 12:1: “Do not conform yourselves to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.”

Hill at MSPL Saturday Local State Representative Jenn Hill will be hosting a coffee and conversation hour at the Munising School Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 10-11 a.m..

The following updates happened at the 11th Circuit Court motion day on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the Alger County Courthouse.