How One Man Helped Prevent A Christian Massacre In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds
I took a few classes at the University of South Florida to wrap up a B.A. after leaving the Army and one of my professors was Georgetown Alumnus Richard O'Brien. He taught Conflict in the World and...
View ArticleCheck Out This Crazy Video From Prior Attacks On Kabul's Embassy
This crazy Kabul video shows attacks that happened a year ago to date on the embassy and the International Security Assistance Forces headquarters. Here we see Marines, airmen, sailors, and Afghan...
View ArticleUS And Britain Send Warships To The Persian Gulf To Prepare For An Israel...
An armada of U.S. and British naval power is amassing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons program. Warships,...
View ArticleThis Heavily-Armed Drone Is Changing The Way America Wages War
The Predator drone is a key tool in the Pentagon's War on Terror, logging more than 1 million miles over scores of countries since its 1995 introduction. The drone went from helpful to deadly when it...
View ArticleWhite House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA
The Obama administration had some harsh words Friday after a federal judge appointed by Obama said the government doesn't have a right to indefinitely detain anyone even remotely associated with...
View ArticleMeet The Marines, Special Agents And Others Who Protect US Diplomats
Following the wave of unrest in the Muslim world, and the deaths of four Americans, there was furious debate: What caused the unrest? Who is responsible for security? Why don't we have heavy weapons...
View ArticleAppeals Court Tells Feds To Stop Deporting Witnesses
The Ninth Circuit is putting its foot down after an illegal immigrant who could have proven a man's innocence was deported ahead of the man's trial. Jonathan Leal-Del Carmen was convicted of bringing...
View ArticleSocial Media Monitoring May Have Stopped A Vet From Going On A Shooting Spree...
Sometimes the simple action of reading can save a veteran’s life. This is the story of a volunteer who did so much with very little. Deb Boyce is a volunteer with GallantFew, Inc., an organization...
View ArticleThis 21-Year-Old Marine Predicted He Would Die At The Hands Of Afghan...
A 21-year-old Marine who was killed by an Afghan trainee had previously told his father that he would be killed inside his base, David Ariosto of CNN reports. Lance Corporal Greg Buckley Jr. trained...
View ArticleThis Graph Shows Just How Deadly The Fighting In Syria Has Become For Civilians
With over 4,000 deaths in August alone, Syria has quickly become the most deadly of the Arab uprisings which spread across Africa and the Middle East in the last two years, according to PBS. Dubbed,...
View Article12 Reasons Why Iran Doesn't Stand A Chance Of Mining The Strait Of Hormuz
Tensions between Iran and the rest of the civilized world are progressing as steadily as Iran's own controversial nuclear program. In response to any military threat, Iranian diplomats say they'll...
View ArticleUS Military Suspends Joint Patrols With Afghans
In the wake of insider attacks which killed four more Coalition troops over the weekend, top U.S. officials have decided to suspend most joint U.S.-Afghan military operations. David Martin of CBS News...
View ArticleHACKED STRATFOR EMAILS: DEA Told To Back Off From The Brother Of Afghan...
Newly released internal emails from the U.S. private security firm Stratfor state that in 2007 the Bush Administration and CIA ordered the Drug Enforcement Agency to back off a major drug trafficking...
View ArticleIran Launched A Submarine Right Into The Middle Of The International Naval...
This morning Iran decided it would be a good idea to launch a submarine and a destroyer into the same waters in which the U.S. is concurrently conducting a training. Iran's news agency says the...
View Article'Blackwater' Defense Firm To Pay Huge Fine For Illegal Trade Violations In Sudan
The military contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide agreed to pay a fine of $5 million to $7.5 million for trying to operate in Sudan in violation of trade sanctions and for other...
View ArticleHow To Work A Room Like Badass 4-Star Marine General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
It's difficult to explain the power and presence of a General. Not the one, two, or even three star varieties pounding around the world, overseeing bases, troops, and maneuvers, but a full-blown...
View ArticleThe Strongest Argument For Renewable Energy Comes From The US Military
It started with a simple directive: bring down the casualty numbers. At the time, Former Lt. Gen. Richard C. Zilmer was the commanding general of the most restive province of Iraq in 2006—al Anbar....
View ArticleFemale Israeli Soldiers Are Proving Themselves In Combat
Last Friday, Caracel, the Israeli military's only mixed-gender combat battalion, won a shootout against forces on the border with Egypt. Israeli officals said three gunmen on the Egyptian side were...
View ArticleLooking At How Effective The 30,000 Troops Obama Sent In His 2009 Afghanistan...
As the Middle East erupted in violent protests two weeks ago, US efforts in Afghanistan sunk to new depths. There hasn’t been much good news out of Afghanistan since March 2003, but last week was...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When A 20-Ton Mine Resistant Vehicle Fails A Brake...
The military's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) has become a ubiquitous mainstay among those troops traveling bomb-laced roads in Afghanistan. The MRAP is renowned for it's protective...
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