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.

Iranian Special Operations in Syria

Over the last few months, Iran has shipped hundreds of tons of military equipment and ammo to Damascus in an ongoing airlift.  Last week, the Telegraph reported that Iran is sending an additional 150 Revolutionary Guards to Syria. Iran has responded to international pressure over it’s nuclear program by exacerbating crises in the region. It […]

Training suspended for new Afghan Local Police recruits

I was gradually arriving at the conclusion that I have found to hold good in various different places. Briefly it is that three separate factors have to be brought into play in order to make a man shift his allegiance. First, he must be given an incentive that is strong enough to make him want […]

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plant Security Breach

Before dawn on July 28, three activists, including an 82-year-old woman, entered the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility (Y-12) at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  They were able to access the plant’s highest-security areas. There are conflicting accounts of how long they were inside the security perimeter before being arrested by the security guards and whether the […]

Soldiers in Afghanistan Finally Allowed to Put Magazines in Weapons

According to CNN, in reaction to recent attacks by Afghan security forces, the Nato Commander, U.S. Marine General John R. Allen has ordered all 90,000 troops at NATO headquarters and all bases across Afghanistan to carry “loaded” weapons.  Nothing in the chamber, but they can carry a magazine in their gun now. General Allen recently […]