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Evening Brief: U.S. Troop On Alert, Syria Ceasefire, Gaza Plan

Federal authorities have placed active-duty Army units on standby amid escalating immigration protests in Minneapolis, as court rulings tighten ICE crowd-control limits, fringe pro-ICE activism collapses locally, regional tensions shift in Syria with a Kurdish withdrawal east of the Euphrates, and President Trump moves to assert U.S. control over postwar Gaza through a new international “Board of Peace.”

By Galen Fries
Evening Brief: U.S. Troop On Alert, Syria Ceasefire, Gaza Plan Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division at Pershing Parade Field, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Image Credit: Rachel Napolitan

Depleted Uranium Weapons: Effectiveness, Risks, and Health Effects

Depleted uranium remains in use because it reliably kills armored vehicles, but its battlefield effectiveness comes with long-term health, environmental, and political costs that follow long after the fighting ends.

By Galen Fries
Depleted Uranium Weapons: Effectiveness, Risks, and Health Effects Depleted uranium rounds. Image Credit: Open Source Media
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Robin Bartlett – The High Stakes of Walking Point in Vietnam

The sweat dripped off my face and hands as I tried to control my racing heart, moving cautiously at the point with every sense heightened, knowing that every step could trigger a hidden danger in the thick Vietnam jungle.

By Robin Bartlett
Robin Bartlett – The High Stakes of Walking Point in Vietnam Walking point in Vietnam.

Bolduc Brief: The Arctic Strategy: The Need for a Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet

If the Trump administration is serious about protecting U.S. interests in the Arctic, it should stop relying on rhetoric about Greenland and instead invest in a nuclear icebreaker fleet that provides real access, credible presence, and strategic leadership in a rapidly opening region.

By Donald Bolduc
Bolduc Brief: The Arctic Strategy: The Need for a Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet Brigadier General (Ret.) Donald C. Bolduc, former U.S. Army Special Forces Commander. Image Credit: US Army

Book Review: Five Years to Freedom by Colonel James N. Rowe

Five Years to Freedom is a compact, must-read POW memoir that shows how Nick Rowe endured five years of Viet Cong captivity through discipline and mental control, influenced the modern SERE program, and belongs alongside Frankl and Solzhenitsyn as a study of inner freedom under coercion.

By Galen Fries
Book Review: Five Years to Freedom by Colonel James N. Rowe "The most important book ever written about the Vietnam experience. " ROBIN MOORE, author of The Green Berets. Image Credit: Amazon

Morning Brief: Syria Airstrike, ICE Debate, Terror Killings, NATO Tensions

U.S. forces killed an Al-Qaeda-linked leader tied to the Palmyra ambush as counter-ISIS strikes continue, Democrats are pushing back on abolish-ICE rhetoric, ISIS-linked militants in Nigeria executed captives over ransom, and Trump’s Greenland push is driving NATO resistance and tariff threats.

By Galen Fries
Morning Brief: Syria Airstrike, ICE Debate, Terror Killings, NATO Tensions Loading a missile for an attack in Syria. Image Credit: Getty Images
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