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Death Valley Magazine (DVM) is a blog that gets updated when James G, the Founder and Editor in chief of DVM feels the need to add something new.  Targeting the military man and civilian contractor crowd, DVM does not cater to Metro-man or those from Venus.   Colorful and politically incorrect DVM offers some advice and entertainment to…

In literature, the Competent Man is a character who can do anything perfectly and displays a wide range of abilities, experiences and knowledge like “the most interesting man I the world” in the Dos Equis commercials, or a Renaissance man. SPIKE is a program that builds these kind of experiences and creates those kind of…

From the pages of Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms published in the 1880s come some Laws of Etiquette. Amazing how over 130 years later, most of these are still relevant and apply to all. Here’s to becoming more refined gentlemen! Never exaggerate. Never point at another. Never betray a confidence. Never leave home…