Mark Miller

About the author

is a Green Beret who served in Afghanistan and a number of other live fire locations. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense, a casual hero and a student of science.

Erik Prince in Africa: Expeditionary Logistics and Asset Management

Erik Prince, famous Navy SEAL and former CEO of Blackwater, has a new mission and a new company. Frontier Services Group (FSG) is providing expeditionary logistics and asset management to companies working in Africa. They hope to cut a nice slice out of the $1 trillion China plans to spend on African transportation infrastructure. Based in Hong Kong […]

Apocalypse Pooh: Poet Warrior

  Even though it was a dark, leftist, anti-war fairytale, Green Berets have a special place in their hearts for the film Apocalypse Now.  This Todd Graham merger of Apocalypse and Pooh provides the perfect touch of the absurd. “Walt Kurtz was one of the most outstanding officers this country has ever produced. He was a […]

13 Hours: American Heroes Tell Their Story

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi tells a story you have not heard, told by men you do not know, but they are not strangers. Any American who has been in combat has seen these men. In very good units, they are plentiful. This is a story about a few amazing […]

Bikinis and Green Berets: Girls Gone Wild with the Utah National Guard?

The Utah National Guard suspects its facilities, equipment and personnel may have been involved in making a swimsuit calendar. Of all the bizarre unauthorized uses of my tax dollars, this seems one of the more reasonable.  Where were these calendar models when I was in SF? (If you answered “elementary school,” you would be correct.) The […]

President Obama Names Green Beret to Train Syrian Rebels

Major General Mike Nagata has been named to command the effort to form a guerrilla force to fight ISIS. Nagata is a career Green Beret who is highly regarded within the Big Army and the Pentagon. His appointment shows that the administration is serious about an unconventional effort in the region and has put the professionals in charge. […]

A Green Beret Walks Into a Bar…

A Green Beret walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance then casually looks at his watch for a moment. The woman notices this and asks, “Is your date running late?” “No,” he replies, “I recently got this state-of-the-art watch, and I was just […]

Another 9/11 and a Call for Sneakers on the Ground

Another 9/11, another terror group killing Americans. We need to do something smart and think long-term. like our enemy does. I hope that, by next year, Americans are conducting coordinated unconventional attacks against our enemies worldwide to mark the anniversary.

Sheepdogs for Lambs: Meaningful Action in Schools

Tragic recent events have restarted a debate in Washington about what politicians can to do to protect school children. President Obama has called for “meaningful action” to prevent killings. I agree, we need meaningful action. As I listened to the news reports, I realized that there is nothing that politicians can do to prevent school […]

CIA Found Terror Links A Day After Libya Attack

Anonymous U.S. officials have told the Associated Press that the CIA station chief in Libya reported to the CIA within 24 hours of the 9/11 terror attack in Libya that it was not a spontaneous mob upset by a video about Muhammad. The leading suspect is the Benghazi militia, Ansar al-Shariah. The group denies responsibility […]

State Department Email on Benghazi Attack Released

CBS News has obtained State Department email sent as the Benghazi attack unfolded containing timely and accurate descriptions of the attack. The State Department Operations Center alerted the White House Situation Room, the office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the FBI of the attack  on September 11 at 4:05 p.m. Eastern time: “US Diplomatic Mission in […]

Could the U.S. Have Sent a Rescue Force to Libya?

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John McCain (R-Arizona) have released the following statement on the lack of United States military reinforcements to aid our Consulate in Benghazi, Libya during the September 11, 2012 attack: “A number of our constituents are asking what could have been done to protect our fellow Americans during the almost […]

Appeals Court Reverses Conviction of Salim Hamdan (bin Laden’s driver)

debbieschlussel.com reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has overturned the conviction of Salim Hamdan, Osama Bin Laden’s driver. The U.S. Court of Appeals concluded that the Military Commissions Act did not authorize prosecutions for conduct that occurred before the law was passed and that was not prohibited at the time it occurred. Hamdan was […]