Alan Magee fell 22,000 feet from a B-17 without a parachute, crashed through a train station roof in France, and survived.
Staff Sgt. Alan E. Magee squeezes into the cramped ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress circa early 1940s. Image Credit: American Air Museum in Britain
Tariffs over Greenland spark backlash as critics warn Trump’s hardline move risks alienating allies and unraveling decades of US diplomacy.
Brigadier General (Ret.) Donald C. Bolduc, former U.S. Army Special Forces Commander. Image Credit: US Army
Under fire in Vietnam, Bernie Fisher landed on a shattered runway, loaded his wounded wingman, and flew out through bullets to save a life.
Portrait of Medal of Honor recipient Major Bernard Fisher, 1967. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
US DOJ eyes church protest as Europe fumes over tariffs and Gaza talks expand. Here’s your Monday morning brief for January 19, 2026.
A screengrab shows protesters disrupting a morning worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., January 18, 2026. Image Credit: Don Lemon/YouTube
Federal authorities have placed active-duty Army units on standby amid escalating immigration protests in Minneapolis, as court rulings tighten ICE crowd-control limits, fringe pro-ICE activism collapses locally, regional tensions shift in Syria with a Kurdish withdrawal east of the Euphrates, and President Trump moves to assert U.S. control over postwar Gaza through a new international “Board of Peace.”
Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Pershing Parade Field, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Image Credit: Rachel Napolitan
Depleted uranium remains in use because it reliably kills armored vehicles, but its battlefield effectiveness comes with long-term health, environmental, and political costs that follow long after the fighting ends.
M829A4 APFSDS-T tank projectile. Photo credits: U.S. Department of Defense
A U.S. Army veteran reflects on hero worship, disappointment, and integrity inside modern warrior culture.
The sweat dripped off my face and hands as I tried to control my racing heart, moving cautiously at the point with every sense heightened, knowing that every step could trigger a hidden danger in the thick Vietnam jungle.
If the Trump administration is serious about protecting U.S. interests in the Arctic, it should stop relying on rhetoric about Greenland and instead invest in a nuclear icebreaker fleet that provides real access, credible presence, and strategic leadership in a rapidly opening region.
Five Years to Freedom is a compact, must-read POW memoir that shows how Nick Rowe endured five years of Viet Cong captivity through discipline and mental control, influenced the modern SERE program, and belongs alongside Frankl and Solzhenitsyn as a study of inner freedom under coercion.
U.S. forces killed an Al-Qaeda-linked leader tied to the Palmyra ambush as counter-ISIS strikes continue, Democrats are pushing back on abolish-ICE rhetoric, ISIS-linked militants in Nigeria executed captives over ransom, and Trump’s Greenland push is driving NATO resistance and tariff threats.
Iran crushed unrest after a currency-driven protest wave, the United States moved the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to raise deterrence, Syria’s government secured Deir Hafer near Aleppo after an SDF withdrawal, and Canada and China launched a strategic partnership to reset trade and diplomatic ties.
The UAE’s reported use of former U.S. special operations contractors to run a targeted assassination campaign in southern Yemen shows how a partner’s “counterterror” fight can slide into deniable contract killing, with shaky oversight and almost no accountability.
The Trump administration’s saber-rattling and tariff threats toward Greenland are a short-sighted, politically driven approach that lacks public and congressional support, risks undermining NATO and U.S. credibility, and could hand China and Russia an opening while alienating the very allies and partners America needs.
A junior soldier’s first Al Mar purchase becomes the entry point into how Al Mar’s Special Forces ties, friendship with Nick Rowe, and SERE-driven design priorities shaped some of the most respected knives in the tactical world.
Germany’s airborne scandal, Taiwan’s major arms-driven defense buildup, and Russia’s improvised thermal concealment tactics all show how discipline, politics, and adaptation are shaping readiness in today’s high-pressure fights.
Greenland standoff rises as CIA courts Caracas and Gaza panel meets in Cairo. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
Someone always thinks they are collecting a debt, but Sebastián and William proved the only way to stop the blood math is to close the books before the next man picks up the receipt.
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