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Tom Ordeman, Jr.

FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Tom Ordeman, Jr. is a technical writer for a major defense contractor in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He holds a B.S. in History and Naval Science from Oregon State University, where he was involved with the History and Socratic Clubs, KBVR FM, and Naval ROTC Unit; he also served as a foreign policy analyst for The Liberty, an independent newspaper at Oregon State. Tom has lived and worked in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and has traveled extensively in the British Isles and Europe. He has experience as a tactical-level counterinsurgency and civil affairs instructor for the U.S. Army; he specializes in military affairs and international terrorism. In his leisure time, Tom enjoys reading, studying Arabic, shortwave radio, and hiking.

Articles:

• A Big Oily Mess Part II: Non-Viable and Premature Solutions
• A Big Oily Mess Part I: Understanding High Fuel Prices
• Understanding Chechnya Part I: A Short History
• Responsible Environmental Policy Is Responsible National Security Policy
• Much Ado about Kosovo
• This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Cold War
• Only You Can Improve America's National Discourse!
• Sending Marines to Afghanistan Makes Sense
• Reevaluating America's Arsenal (Part Two of Two)
• Reevaluating America's Arsenal (Part One of Two)
• Exploring the Axis of Evil
• Returning the Cross to St. John’s: What Made It Possible?
• Son of Qaddhafi: Strange Bedfellow?
• The Misguided Policy of Censuring Allies
• Why Are Islamists Worse than Other Terror Groups?
• Thank You, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
• Know Thy Enemy: The Kurdistan Worker's Party
• Know Thy Enemy: Al Qaeda in the Maghreb
• Know Thy Enemy: Al Qaeda in the Maghreb
• Challenging the Islamic Republic
• The Declining Pacifism of Japan and Germany: a Good Thing? (Part Two of Two)
• The Declining Pacifism of Germany and Japan: a Good Thing? (Part One of Two)
• Fast Times in the DPRK
• What Every American Needs to Know about Ballistic Missile Defense Tom Ordeman

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