Kurt T

Beards are alright; you’ll notice I have one in almost every picture or at the very least a little scruff. Lord knows I hate shaving (which is, mostly, why I have one) and my wife says I look like a scary man-child with a shaved face. Beards are really cool when you’re in the military, mostly […]

Iran expressed its displeasure with the Netherlands for expelling two of Iran’s diplomats on Sunday, stating that they would retaliate against the “unfriendly and destructive move.” A Dutch Intelligence Service spokesperson informed local media that the two Iranian diplomats had been expelled on June 7; no details were given beyond that. Shortly after that, Iran’s Ministry […]

The government of Turkey has expelled 18,632 government employees, including members of the educational sector and members of the military. They also closed down several news outlets during directives covering the nations state of emergency over the weekend. The terminations were allegedly linked to the banned Hizmet Movement; an organization the Turkish government claims was […]

The situation in Iraq is heating up yet again, protesters and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) clashed in Basra, Iraq over the weekend due to serious power outages in the region paired with a rising rate of unemployment. There have been several protests like this over the month but this was the first one to turn […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advocating for European countries to take a firmer stance toward Iran and it’s aggressive posture. Prime Minister Netanyahu tweeted, “It was no coincidence that this attack was thwarted,” in reference to the arrest of six individuals who had attempted to carry out a bombing of an Iranian opposition party […]

While the threat of Russian world domination seems like a very far off fairy tale to most of us here in the United States, it is a growing concern for many European nations. The Crimean peninsula occupation and continuous buildup of Russian military forces on their borders is making Europe nervous. Many European based NATO […]

This week Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs made their intentions clear that they will do everything they can to maintain the Iranian nuclear deal and defend Iran from sanctions. Russia claims that it will maintain economic and trade agreements with the Islamic Republic. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended a meeting on Friday of ministers who […]

A group of Islamic State gunmen opened fire on a wedding procession returning from Diyala province last week, seven family members were killed in the attack. The ceremony was held the Buhriz district of Baghdad, just south of Baquda. Security forces are still investigating but the ambush appears to be premeditated, the gunmen specifically targeted […]

The technique of using a bayonet is a somewhat lost art out of military circles, probably for the obvious reason that it’s a bit impractical for civilians. That being said, I’m going to teach you anyway because it’s cool and who knows? There could be some cross relevance to it in relation to close quarters […]

Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) believes that Kurdistan will greatly benefit from the financial aid being sent to Iraq by Japan and that the autonomous region eagerly awaits their share. The Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Fumio Iwai, met with Prime Minister Barzani this week to discuss the funding with a […]

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Jeanne Shaheen are attempting to persuade Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to support the U.S. military in maintaining a continued presence in Syria. In a recent meeting with Erdogan in Ankara, the senators discussed the concept with the President. Following the meeting, Senator Graham told press that, “I tried to […]

The Berlin Airlift stemmed from the Berlin Blockade which occurred in June 1948. It was the world’s first major situation with regards to the Cold War that involved a plethora of nations. The Soviet Union enacted the blockade after the Deutsche mark was introduced to areas of Germany controlled by the Western Allies. The soviets […]