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Galen Fries is a United States Army and Army National Guard veteran with thirty years of service, including deployments in support of Operations Desert Shield/Storm and Iraqi Freedom III. A Forward Artillery Observer, he also served on pre-deployment training teams and is a certified instructor in mental resilience, land navigation, small arms, and fire support techniques. Following his military career, Fries trained students in electrical, plumbing, and carpentry disciplines at Clover Park Technical College. A lifelong prepper and advocate for self-reliance, he is the author of Up To Speed: A Prepper’s Guide and is currently working on a military fiction novel exploring survival, morality, and human resilience in the aftermath of collapse.
The United States positions military assets as Trump warns Iran of possible strikes, Israel expands air operations inside Lebanon, Washington advances nuclear cooperation talks with Saudi Arabia, and Ukrainian authorities investigate an explosion in central Lviv.
Iran disputes claims of mass protest killings as UN investigators cite far higher death tolls, the U.S. expands lethal strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, and motorcycle gunmen massacre dozens in Nigeria’s Zamfara State.
The term “Freedom isn’t Free” does not imply that every citizen needs to serve in their military. It does mean that every citizen pay attention and understand the cost their military members pay. It does mean that they remember what they have said and hold themselves accountable.
After an MH-60S Seahawk sank nearly four miles into the Philippine Sea in January 2020, the U.S. Navy executed a record-setting deep-water recovery in March 2021 to retrieve critical components for the mishap investigation and prevent sensitive equipment from remaining on the ocean floor.
Trump escalates rhetoric over Iran’s protest death toll and signals possible strikes as the rial collapses, orders a review of UFO/UAP files, Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers win an Army drone innovation competition, and reports emerge of an IED strike on a Nigerian Army armored vehicle in Zamfara.
U.S. forces intensified strikes against ISIS in Syria as Russia tested a high-altitude communications platform positioned as a Starlink alternative, motorcycle gunmen massacred civilians in Nigeria, and NASA’s Crew-12 restored full staffing aboard the ISS.
Home defense is not a single tool but a layered system of intelligence denial, visible deterrence, hardened barriers, and decisive response that keeps criminals on the street or leaves them trapped inside.
Factfulness is a powerful, data‑driven argument that the world is far better and more stable than fear‑ridden media and instinctive thinking make it seem, and that adopting a fact‑based worldview is the key to clearer, less panicked decision‑making in an age of hype and hysteria.
Federal investigators are probing two ICE agents after video evidence led to the dismissal of assault charges in a Minneapolis shooting, while separate reports highlight a Norwegian microwave experiment linked to Havana-like symptoms and new European accusations that Russia used a rare neurotoxin to kill Alexei Navalny.
A U.S. destroyer command relief during certification, Japan’s live testing of a 100 kW shipboard laser, Indonesia’s contingency planning for a Gaza stabilization mission, and a Coast Guard icebreaker visit to New York Harbor highlight shifting maritime security dynamics across multiple theaters.
Nearly four years after the Buffalo supermarket massacre, a $1.75 million settlement brings legal accountability, but for a veteran from the shooter’s hometown, the deeper question of how that hate took root still lingers.
My 1988 Remington 870 Express started as my dad’s budget shotgun, and now it rides upgraded in the backcountry with me, a steel-framed reminder that when something snaps in the dark at 0200, reliability beats everything.
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