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.

Watch: The long term side effects of war- Starvation and famine

Starvation and famine are often the long term side effects of war. In the video below, you can see this in effect for Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition has blocked supplies into Yemen causing slow and painful deaths for thousands of people, especially children. Most of the shipping ports that accept food shipments have been either shut […]

More details emerge on the Washington mall shooter, motive still unknown

Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old man has been identified as the active shooter responsible for killing five people at a Macy’s in Burlington, Washington mall.  Based on the surveillance footage, the active shooter was initially identified as a possible Hispanic male, however, he was born in Turkey and immigrated with his family when he was a child. He has been […]

Updated: Active shooter reported at a Houston strip mall, at least 9 people injured

Update 10:30 EST: The shooter was a lawyer and police are investigating if problems at his law firm led to the shooting. During a press conference, Houston Police Chief Martha Montalvo stated that 9 people were injured in the shooting. Montalvo says nine people were wounded, three were treated and released from a hospital. One is […]

Why do we keep missing red flags with radical Islamic terrorists in the US?

It seems red flags are repeatedly being missed in regards to the radical Islamic terrorists here in the US. Looking into the past of Ahmad Rahami, the latest radical Islamic terrorist to carry out a terrorist attack on US soil, he began traveling to Quetta, Pakistan and Afghanistan multiple times over the past several of years. After […]

Updated: Active shooter reported at a Washington mall, five dead

Update 9:22 AM 9/24/16: It appears that four people died when the shooting first began and a 5th victim that was critically wounded died of his injuries at the hospital. Police are still searching for the shooter. Sadly the male and 5th victim who was taken to Harborview has passed away #CascadeMallShooting — Sgt. Mark […]

Watch: Iraqi Security forces liberate strategic ISIS held city of Shiqat, Iraq

On Tuesday, Iraqi security forces liberated the city of Shirqat from ISIS control. Shirqat is a small city on the west bank of the Tigris river, along the main road into Baghdad, 60 miles south of Mosul, and was the last major city between Iraqi security Forces and a Mosul offensive. The operation to retake Mosul […]

Media and politicians failed to call the NY and NJ bombings terrorism

With the recent bombings in Manhattan and New Jersey this past week, a common thread throughout the events emerged. The main stream media and local politicians censored the events to avoid describing what was really going on, terrorism. Absent a motivation, Mr. de Blasio suggested the word terrorism should not be used, shaking his head in […]

West Point now making boxing mandatory for female cadets

West Point is now extending gender equality to its campus by making the female cadets take the once elective boxing course. As of 2020, it will be a mandatory course for everyone. According to this article by the Washington Post the change took quite a few students by surprise. 2020 is also the year the academy is […]