Bolton Wants to Build Arab Force in Syria to Replace the US

Bolton Wants to Build Arab Force in Syria to Replace the US

President Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo are among those pushing to build a coalition of Arab military forces that could replace US troops in Syria and serve as a stabilizing force in the region once ISIS is defeated, according to official sources. While convincing nations like […]

Jacksonville City Inspector Posts Apology after Military Flag Flap

Jacksonville City Inspector Posts Apology after Military Flag Flap

After a video confrontation between a Jacksonville, Florida city inspector and a customer in a local business went viral, a flap over the display of military flags became a national story. The Jacksonville city inspector apologized on social media Monday for a controversy that she sparked when she issued a warning citation to a business for flying […]

The FARC Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

The FARC Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

The government of Colombia faces a big crisis in the very fragile peace accord that they signed with the rebel left-wing FARC ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in 2016. A former top commander of the FARC, who helped broker the peace deal has been arrested for drug trafficking and a breakaway group kidnapped and […]

R.Lee Ermey, “The Gunny” From Full Metal Jacket Passes Away at 74

To a generation of action film fans, R. Lee Ermey will always be known as “The Gunny” from his role in Full Metal Jacket. Ermey was a real-life Marine Drill Instructor and later parlayed his role into a weekly show “Mail Call” on the History Channel. Ermey died on Sunday, due to complications from pneumonia. […]

The World’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, “Never Again”

The World’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, “Never Again”

On April 12, the world remembers the millions who died in the Holocaust during World War II at the hands of the Nazis and their sympathizers. In the state of Israel, it is known as Yom HaShoah and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, where it is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the […]

Military Planning for Syria, Undone by the President’s Tweets?

Military Planning for Syria, Undone by the President’s Tweets?

The President once again was tweeting wildly after the chemical attack in Syria, and was hinting at a military strike operation being planned, and possibly spelled out a decision timetable while pointing out the weapons the U.S. may employ. “Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’” he tweeted on […]

Nadia Schadlow, Deputy National Security Adviser Resigns

Nadia Schadlow, Deputy National Security Adviser Resigns

In another move in the big changes within the President’s National Security office, Nadia Schadlow, the US deputy national security adviser for strategy, has resigned and will leave her position at the end of the month, officials have reported. Schadlow is the third senior national security official to resign or be pushed out in the […]

TechVets Teaching Veterans About the Cyber Security Trade

TechVets Teaching Veterans About the Cyber Security Trade

For many veterans, the prospect of finding a good job is difficult when leaving the service as many of their skills don’t translate into the private sector. Finally, something is being done about matching the skillsets of military veterans with technology and the skills shortage in cybersecurity. In the past 12 months alone, there have […]

Syrian Refugees Want to Go Home, But 5 Million Have Left

Syrian Refugees Want to Go Home, But 5 Million Have Left

More than five million Syrians have left their country since the war started in 2011.They want to go home but with the war showing no end in sight, they’re stuck in the middle. They’ve endured a civil war, an invasion by the Islamic State, then combat to drive ISIS from their borders, now an invasion […]

Working on DOD AI Project Left Some Google Employees “Livid”

Working on DOD AI Project Left Some Google Employees “Livid”

More than 3100 Google employees have written a letter to their CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that the company immediately cancel its contract with the U.S. military on a drone program known as Project Maven. There’s a motto at Google: “Don’t be evil.” Today, more than 3,000 Google employees fear their company is on the verge […]

UK Says They Can Pinpoint the Russian Lab That Produced Nerve Agent

UK Says They Can Pinpoint the Russian Lab That Produced Nerve Agent

British security forces believe that while they are not 100 percent certain, they have a “high degree of confidence in the location” of the Russian source of the nerve agent Novichok that was used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. A government source told the Times that security forces “knew pretty much […]

US Military Role on the Border Will Have a Limited Role

US Military Role on the Border Will Have a Limited Role

U.S. military troops are heading to the border as President Donald Trump said Tuesday afternoon he wants to deploy them to protect the Mexican border while the new border wall is built. Tuesday evening, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement saying the “vigorous” administration strategy includes mobilization of the National Guard. The […]