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Morning Brief: Grey Bull’s Venezuela Exfil, Peru’s K2 Tank Buy, and Ukraine’s Security Service Alpha Caspian Strike

Grey Bull Rescue founder Bryan Stern exfiltrated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a donor-backed operation that treated high risk like routine. Meanwhile, Peru is buying K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles from South Korea, and Ukraine’s SBU Alpha is linked in open-source reporting to a long-range drone strike claim against Russia’s Filanovsky Caspian oil infrastructure.

Civil Affairs Is Mission-Critical in Modern Operations

In Africa, if you’re not integrating civil affairs into your security posture from day one, you’re not securing a project—you’re staging a standoff.

Op-Ed: Canadian Firearms Owners are Being Persecuted

After 32 years serving Canada and the RCMP—training countless officers and advocating for ethical policing—I’ve seen firsthand that lawful, licensed firearms owners are not the threat, yet we are continually punished by misguided political agendas while real criminals walk free and violent crime rises.

President-Elect Trump Condemns Missile Attacks on Russia

Trump’s peace mandate faces chaos as Biden escalates wars with long-range missile strikes into Russia. Can January 20 bring clarity?

The Rise of Chinese Espionage: Threatening U.S. Security

The multifaceted espionage campaign by the Chinese Communist Party, aimed at siphoning off America’s military and technological secrets, underscores a stark reality: the CCP’s relentless ambition to weaken and eventually supplant the United States as the preeminent global power.

Opinion: Why South Korea Should Not Acquire Nuclear Weapons

South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is unnecessary for its defense against North Korea and would dangerously escalate regional tensions with China, compromising both security and economic stability.

Why Deterrence Worked Against Iran but Not Hamas

Deterrence remains a potent force in international security against nation-states like Iran but fails against nonstate terrorist actors such as Hamas, who remain undeterred by traditional threats due to their suicidal ideology and elusive leadership.

Reflections on the Sierra Leone Civil War: A Moral Case for Mercenaries?

In the face of brutality and barbarism, sometimes the only response is the hard and dangerous men we keep at society’s fringes—mercenary forces like Executive Outcomes in Sierra Leone represent a controversial, yet undeniably effective, counter to such unspeakable violence.

Op-Ed: Crisis at the Border – Unveiling the True Scale of Unchecked Immigration

It’s high time we faced the harsh reality: our nation’s border is more than just a line on a map, it’s a crumbling fortress against a tide of unchecked invasion, and we’re all paying the price for this administration’s blind eye.

Andrew Dunn Military Fiction: Mr. Jason in the Heart of the Junkyard

In a volatile dance of negotiation and survival, Jason navigates the perilous streets and politics of Rouvenma, his quest for a lucrative deal teetering on the edge of danger and deceit in a world where trust is as elusive as the shifting shadows of the jungle.

An American IDF Special Forces Reservist Shares His Thoughts as He Heads to War

In the looming shadows of terror, we, the soldiers of the IDF, shoulder the hopes and fears of our nation, marching into the heart of Gaza with the echoes of our loved ones’ prayers guiding us through the veils of dread, towards the dawn of a safer Israel.

Israel’s Resolve Tested by Heartbreaking Hamas Aggression

Hamas’s chilling onslaught on the Yom Kippur anniversary underscores their malevolence, demanding Israel’s unyielding defense and unity in the face of such heart-wrenching adversity.