Desiree Huitt

About the author

Desiree Huitt is an Army Veteran serving 11 years as a Military Intelligence officer and prior to OCS as a combat medic. She is a graduate from the University of Texas in Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies.

Metropolitan Opera House in NYC evacuated

The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City has been evacuated after a white powdery substance was sprinkled in the orchestra pit by an audience member. NYPD is currently investigating the situation. .@MetOpera’s full statement after an audience member sprinkled an unidentified powdered substance into the orchestr… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/792485066731556864 — (@JoshuaHoyos) Oct 29 2016 #BREAKING Metropolitan Opera House […]

SOFREP Poll results show military’s choice is Trump on election day

The results of the second SOFREP poll for this presidential election are in, and our military audience will be voting for Donald Trump. Unlike our first poll between only Hillary and Trump, we added all of the third party candidates to this poll. Out of 1968 military veterans and those currently serving, 1537 indicated they would […]

Russia sails through the English Channel and withdraws refuel request from Spain

According to the BBC, the British Navy shadowed the Russian naval ships as they passed through the English Channel this past week. Russia is sending the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and several other ships to Syria in order to support their “humanitarian effort.” This group will join the 10 other ships on the coast of Syria. There was quite a […]

President Duterte is China’s new lapdog

Philippine President Duterte doesn’t want to be the US’s lapdog, but he is more than happy to become a lapdog for China. This week, President Duterte stated that the Philippines will separate from US foreign policy and that he will now be aligning with the Chinese. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took more swipes at the United States on Tuesday, […]

Updated: SFC Zachary Allan Bannister, US Special Forces Soldier killed in Kenya

According to his obituary, SFC Zachary Allan Bannister, 33, died while serving in Alpha 3236, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Kenya on October 17, 2016. Details regarding his death have not been released yet. SFC Bannister left the Marine Corps in order to join the Army Special Forces.  His memorial service will be held […]

Suspected member of al Shabaab killed in front of US Embassy in Kenya

A suspected member of al Shabaab has been shot and killed in front of the US Embassy in Kenya. The man was reportedly killed after tried to attack the guards with a knife. The US Embassy confirmed the attack and stated that no US personnel were injured. Update: According to AP, the man did stab a police officer […]

Philippines’ Drug War: Shifting to arrests instead of extrajudicial killings?

Reuters  reported that the Philippines National Police will now be focusing on arresting people involved in the drug trade instead of extrajudicial killings. On August 18th 2016, the UN urged the government of the Philippines to end the extrajudicial killings, however, President Duterte responded by calling President Obama, the European Union, and the United Nations “fools.” President Duterte […]

Hotel in Kenya bombed by al Shabaab, 12 people killed

Al Shabaab detonated a bomb at a hotel in Mandera, a city in northern Kenya, killing 12 people and injuring several others. The bomb was detonated at 3 am while the guests were asleep and the majority of them died as a result of a portion of the building collapsing. Those that were not killed […]