Articles by Laurence M. Vance on the Military

"Outrage over Body Parts of War Dead Is Misdirected," Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries, December 2011

"The Real Problem with the National Defense Authorization Act," LewRockwell.com, January 2012

"Marines, Why Do You Do This to Your Families?" LewRockwell.com, January 2012

"Go Ahead and Join," LewRockwell.com, January 2012

"Future Killer," LewRockwell.com, April 2012

"Join or Not Join?" LewRockwell.com, September 2012

"So Was It Worth It?," LewRockwell.com, December 2012

"The Twelve Days of Christmas (Military Version)," LewRockwell.com, December 2012

"Soldiers in Fantasyland," LewRockwell.com, January 2013

"No, I Have Never Been in the Military," LewRockwell.com, January 2013

"Hero or Murderer?" LewRockwell.com, February 2013

"Murder Is Still Murder," LewRockwell.com, February 2013

"Timbuktu Not out of Reach of U.S. Troops," FFF Daily, March 2013

"War Heroes," LewRockwell.com, April 2013

"Should We Honor Vietnam Veterans?" LewRockwell.com, April 2013

"Is It Okay to Kill?" LewRockwell.com, May 2013

"Happy Military Appreciation Day," LewRockwell.com, July 2013

"Service or Employment?" LewRockwell.com, July 2013

"Natural National Defense," LewRockwell.com, July 2013

"An Asinine Proposition," LewRockwell.com, September 2013

"Is Obama Gutting the Military?" LewRockwell.com, September 2013

"Are U.S. Soldiers Really This Dumb?" LewRockwell.com, October 2013

"Erasmus on the Wickedness of Soldiers," LewRockwell.com, November 2013

"The Cult of the Uniform," LewRockwell.com, December 2013

"You Can't Have a War without Soldiers," LewRockwell.com, January 2014

"Walking in the Steps of a Soldier," LewRockwell.com, February 2014

"An Antidote to Military Exceptionalism," LewRockwell.com, March 2014

"Speak for Yourself," LewRockwell.com, June 2014

"Guards at Concentration Camps Were Just Doing Their Jobs," Lew Rockwell.com, October 2014

"Worship the Veterans Day," LewRockwell.com, November 2014

"Remember the Service of Our Heroes This Christmas Season," LewRockwell.com, December 2014

"I'm Sick of It," LewRockwell.com, April 2015

"What Should We Be Saying to Veterans?" LewRockwell.com, May 2015

"Ye Shall Be As Gods," LewRockwell.com, June 2015

"Governments Don't Kill, People Do," LewRockwell.com, September 2015

"Thank Them for What?" LewRockwell.com, November 2015

"Who Can Stop the Drive to War?" LewRockwell.com, December 2015

"The Government Doesn't Care about Your Children," LewRockwell.com, January 2016

"Dumb and Dumber," LewRockwell.com, January 2016

"Are You a Military Idolater?" LewRockwell.com, March 2016

"Is Joining the Military the Right Thing to Do?" LewRockwell.com, March 2016

"I Don't Appreciate the Military," LewRockwell.com, May 2016

"The Real Heroes," LewRockwell.com, June 2016

"Qualified Soldiers," LewRockwell.com, September 2016

"Are Soldiers Culpable?" LewRockwell.com, October 2016

"Why No Protest over Military Appreciation Days?" LewRockwell.com, October 2016

"How to Increase Military Recruitment," LewRockwell.com, November 2016

"Saying What Needs to Be Said about the Military," LewRockwell.com, March 2017

"Does the Military Need to Be Rebuilt?" LewRockwell.com, July 2017

"Lying Mattis," LewRockwell.com, October 2017

"What U.S. Soldiers Actually Sign Up For," LewRockwell.com, October 2017

"Honoring the Fallen," LewRockwell.com, December 2017

"What Else Will They Learn in the Military?" LewRockwell.com, February 2018

"Myrmidons," LewRockwell.com, April 2018

"Pimps in Our Midst," LewRockwell.com, May 2018

"The Fourth of July Has Nothing to Do with the Military," LewRockwell.com, July 2018

"The Most Unnecessary Federal Spending," Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries, July 2018

"Is Google Better than the U.S. Military?" LewRockwell.com, August 2018

"Don't Be a POW," LewRockwell.com, September 2018

"Thank You for Your Service," LewRockwell.com, November 2018

"My Son Is a Marine," LewRockwell.com, December 2018

"The Slavery Commission," LewRockwell.com, February 2019

"Can U.S. Soldiers Be Heroes?" LewRockwell.com, March 2019

"A Senseless Sacrifice," LewRockwell.com, April 2019

"Veteran Parking," LewRockwell.com, May 2019

"Serving in the Military Can Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health," LewRockwell.com, May 2019

"The Greatest Generation of Whoremongers," LewRockwell.com, June 2019

"What Is It that Libertarians Don't Get about the Military? LewRockwell.com, September 2019

"Military Habits," LewRockwell.com, October 2019

"Thank You for What Service?" LewRockwell.com, November 2019

"The Madness of the Military Mindset," LewRockwell.com, December 2019

"What Freedoms?" LewRockwell.com, May 2020

"DeFund the Pentagon," Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries, August 2020

"I Have Never Served in the Military," LewRockwell.com, September 2020

"Does the Military Defend Our First Amendment Freedoms?" LewRockwell.com, November 2020

"The Greatest Generation of Fornicators and Carousers," LewRockwell.com, January 2021

"Will Women Have to Register for the Draft in 2021?" LewRockwell.com, January 2021

"The U.S. War Industry," LewRockwell.com, March 2021

"The Real Merchants of Death," LewRockwell, July 2021

"Is Dying in Military Training Worse than Dying in Combat?" LewRockwell.com, March 2022

"What Americans Should Do If They Are Concerned about Ukraine," LewRockwell.com, March 2022

"Do Soldiers Protect Us?" LewRockwell.com, June 2022

"Should We Love the Troops?" LewRockwell.com, July 2022

"Why So Many Military Suicides?" LewRockwell.com, September 2022

"Just What Is the Military's Image and Reputation?" LewRockwell.com, July 2023

"Should We Celebrate Veterans?" LewRockwell.com, November 2023

"Why Would Anyone Join Today's Military?" LewRockwell.com, January 2024

"Army Values," LewRockwell.com, March 2024

"Memorial Day," LewRockwell.com, May 2024

"Soldiers Do Have a Choice," LewRockwell.com, August 2024

"Why Should We Appreciate Our Veterans?" Lewrockwell.com, December 2024

"DEI Initiatives and Transgender Troops Are the Least of the Problems with the Military," Future of Freedom, May 2025

"Murderers for Trump," LewRockwell.com, October 2025

"What Pete Hegseth Should Have Said about the Military," LewRockwell.com, October 2025

"Your Son Does Not Have My Back," LewRockwell.com, November 2025

"Should the Air Force Have a Chapel?," LewRockwell.com, November 2025

"Single Tap, Double Tap: What's the Difference?" LewRockwell.com, December 2025