In my SEAL training I learned to develop positive habits that affect real change by identifying the negative self-talk I wanted to fix.
Confidence is built the moment you stop telling yourself you can’t hit and start proving, one round at a time, that you can. Image Credit: US DoD
Washington is hemorrhaging power across the military, diplomatic, economic, informational, and reputational fronts, and from Beijing and Moscow the spectacle looks less like strategic competition than an opportunity handed to them by a White House they can exploit without firing a shot.
A tattered American flag snaps in a hard wind, a stark emblem of a superpower whose strength endures but whose standing in the world is fraying. Image Credit: The Steady State
At Daytona this weekend, Rob O’Neill is trading the usual trackside beer for something that better fits the life he’s living now, showing up with hi Seltzer, a full schedule, and the same forward momentum that has kept him moving since the Teams.
Rob O’Neill checks in from the mic and the road, keeping the pace high as he heads toward a full-throttle weekend in Daytona. Image Credit: The Buttecast
Authenticity isn’t radical oversharing, it’s disciplined alignment, receive everything, say less than necessary, fix the problem first, then speak with results instead of running commentary.
The loudest person in the room looks powerful, but the one who listens, fixes the problem, and speaks last is the one actually in control. Image by the author.
Zelenskyy rules out elections under martial law as fighting intensifies, Bondi testifies on Epstein files, and the FAA defends an El Paso airspace closure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a public address in Kyiv. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
From Langley speeding tech to operators, to the Pentagon leaning on contractors to build faster, to AI moving inside the wire, Washington is quietly rewiring how it thinks, builds, and fights for the next war.
Langley is moving faster than it talks, pushing new tech into the field while quietly closing the book on some of its oldest public tools. Image Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Read the exclusive account of what kinds of gear SOG recon teams carried during their top-secret missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam.
As Britain retreated from empire and the United Nations elevated procedure over consequence, Rhodesia became the proving ground for a moral framework that promised democratic legitimacy while quietly ensuring that the most ruthless actors would inherit the state.
Xi’s sweeping purge of his own generals exposes a deeper truth: behind the parades and new hardware, China’s military remains politically shackled, combat-untested, and far less ready for a real war than its leadership wants the world to believe.
The presidency is not a monument to personal ambition but a solemn trust to serve the Constitution and the American people with integrity, humility, and an unwavering commitment to the nation above self.
Russia tightens controls on Telegram, Trump warns Iran of consequences, and new reporting links Ethiopia to training Sudan’s RSF fighters.
The Pentagon is drawing new authority lines along the border, keeping the C-17 fleet flying into the 2070s while pushing more U.S. weapons overseas, and trading nuclear accusations with China as the last guardrails of arms control continue to crack.
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A six-foot, turbojet-powered mini-cruise missile that flies nap-of-the-sea out past 200 miles for roughly the price of a JAGM, Red Wolf gives Marine Corps Vipers a way to hit ships, radars, and missile sites from well outside the danger ring and in numbers that actually matter.
Twelve minutes of watching before judging used to be the bare minimum, now it feels like a radical act of curiosity in a country that keeps reaching for the remote before the first chorus even hits.
These aren’t bumper-sticker slogans to shout across a divide, they are hard-earned principles forged in war and service, and if we forget the discipline, responsibility, and restraint behind them, we risk turning freedom into noise and strength into bluster.
Newly released Epstein court records renew scrutiny of federal handling, as Starlink disruptions hit Russian forces, fighting grinds on in Ukraine, and Hormuz risks persist.
Washington is tightening the screws from Cambridge to the Caribbean while quietly reopening a line to Moscow, a reminder that influence is applied with universities, warships, and phone calls long before it is applied with bullets.
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