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By J.J. Smith. Rockwall County Judge candidate Jerry Hogan today blasted last Thursday’s 4-1 decision by County Commissioners to increase the cost of the proposed new County courthouse from $30 million to 37.2 million as “totally irresponsible” and as “a total disaster in terms of fiscal conservatism.” He said the decision again displayed “the arrogance of the Commissioners [...]
By Heath resident and retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Hogan. When a veteran dies, the military honors that serviceman or woman with burial honors. These honors include the presentation of a flag to the next of kin, a graveside honor guard, a rifle or cannon salute, and the playing of taps on a bugle. [...]
 By Heath resident and retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Hogan. Sergeant Ben Weston, grandson of Joann Claycomb of Royse City and son of Jan and Ben Weston, formerly of Rockwall, is a Squad Leader in Company C, 1-17th Infantry, 5th Stryker Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Washington. But today, after serving a tour [...]
The Military View Column by Jerry Hogan.  How would you like to be a single mother sitting in the living room of your best friend, who just happens to have a son-in-law who is an Army recruiter, who is also there, when a commercial comes on the TV talking about how great the Army is and [...]
By Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Colonel (retired). And the argument goes on! Sitting on one side of the table are the President and his civilian advisors trying to understand military operations so they can make a decision on what the US should do about Afghanistan going forward. On the other side sit the military Generals [...]
The Military View Column, By Heath resident Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Col (ret.) Michael Shupak, formerly of Forney and now living in Rockwall, graduated from South Garland High School in 2000. In 2002 he went to work for the State of Texas and became a correctional officer in the Texas prison system. In 2004 he [...]
“The Military View” column, by US Army Lt. Col. (ret.) Jerry Hogan. Many aspects of the military are confusing to people. Just the appearance of a person in uniform and what all of those “things†they have on their chest mean, is enough to make people wonder. They hear things about the military and sort [...]
A Heath resident who is a retired US Army officer, combat veteran and corporate executive with IBM and MCI who writes “The Military View” newspaper column for local newspapers and websites has just announced his candidacy for Rockwall County Judge in the March, 2010, Republican Primary election. US Army Lt. Col. (ret.) Jerry Hogan, who is [...]
 The Military View Column, by Jerry Hogan, US Army Lt. Colonel (retired). “He is a Navy Corpsman who is preparing to deploy to Afghanistan with his Marine reserve unit from Camp Mabry. Before we met, I had no idea what a Corpsman is, what they do, or even that I had been looking at [...]
“The Military View” column by Jerry Hogan, US Army Lieutenant Colonel (retired). One of the really neat things about writing articles featuring local men and women who are serving in the military, is the opportunity to get to know them a little better and in some cases, even get to know their parents. Gerald Noblin [...]
