Desiree Huitt

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.

Is the military getting sucked into the politically correct world?

Gender neutrality, stress cards, eliminating combat patches to avoid intimidating new soldiers…all to be politically correct.

Learn the Roman army structure in 3 minutes

This video will give you a quick, three-minute visual summary of the Roman Army and its organizational breakdown.

Boko Haram’s methods of forcing women into becoming suicide bombers

Hundreds of the kidnapped women remain unaccounted for, and it’s likely the stigma and shunning of women returning from Boko Haram camps will continue.

The weird economic reason drug cartels want their members covered head-to-toe in tattoos

There are little to no options for a person covered from head to toe in tattoos outside of a gang or drug cartel.

What will become of Syria when the war ends?

Syria is the prize in the middle of a big tug-of-war between Russia and the U.S., as they are both heavily invested in the outcome of the new Syrian government.

Documentary: What attracts people to the French Foreign Legion?

What compels people from all over the world to strive to be a part of the French Foreign Legion? Why choose to fight for a country other than your own?

Watch: Syria’s next generation of fighters

The fighters teach their children how to fight because they are the next generation, and will be prepared to continue the fight after their parents fall.

Watch: Royal Netherlands Marines shoot from fast interceptor craft

Watch as the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) shoot from fast-riding interceptor special craft (FRISC) during a live-fire training exercise.