Pete Nealen

Memorial Day is not a celebration nor an occasion to party. It’s a day to remember those who didn’t make it home.

Nigeria achieved independence from the UK in October, 1960.  It has seen little but strife ever since.  This is in large part due to the fact that the British laid out the boundaries of the most populous country in Africa without regard to anything but geography.  Nigeria might be a country, but it is not […]

There’s a lot of talk, in all branches of the military and the defense/firearms industry, about situational awareness, and appropriately so.  If you don’t know what’s going on around you, you can’t react appropriately to an emergency.  But there are elements of situational awareness that haven’t been cultivated, especially in the military, to the detriment […]

In light of the increased scrutiny of media and the Special Operations community, the ethos that elite units follow bears repeating. For the vast majority of Rangers, Special Forces, PJs, Recon Marines, CSOs, and SEALs, these creeds really are the guides they follow. Those who have violated them, and stained the honor of the United States […]

In an earlier post, I examined some of the cartel diversification (not all of it was new by any means) that would sharply limit attempts to combat the cartels by way of marijuana legalization. Here, we’re going to narrow the focus to a few players and incidents, as an illustration of just how complicated the […]

In light of the increased scrutiny of media and the Special Operations community, the ethos that elite units follow bears repeating. For the vast majority of Rangers, Special Forces, PJs, Recon Marines, CSOs, and SEALs, these creeds really are the guides they follow. Those who have violated them, and stained the honor of the United States […]

Our look at the 1999 PLA white paper “Unrestricted Warfare” continues with an examination of what really constitutes a new weapon concept.

The Chattanooga shooting reflects the fact that, particularly in an age of open-source warfare, the responsibility of defense falls on everyone.

There are those who suspect that the reason for their reticence in extraditing him was to avoid some of the cartels’ influence in the higher levels of government coming to light in the US.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel aren’t just breaking the law for the sake of money; they are actively waging an irregular war and attempting to win over the populace.

The study of the 1999 PLA white paper “Unrestricted Warfare” continues, exploring weapons technology pitfalls.

The 1999 PLA white paper “Unrestricted Warfare” can help to broaden our definition of what constitutes war before we lose one we didn’t even know we were in.