Army Accelerates MV-75 Tiltrotor Program, Accepts Risk to Beat the Clock

The Army is fast-tracking Bell’s MV-75 FLRAA tiltrotor to get prototype aircraft flying by late 2026 and push fielding years ahead of schedule, betting digital engineering and prior V-280 testing can manage weight and payload risks to deliver Indo-Pacific range and speed gains over the UH-60.

Who Is the 11th Airborne Division and Why Was It Put on Alert for Minnesota

The reactivated 11th Airborne Division, Alaska-based and built for Arctic warfighting, was placed on standby for Minnesota because it offers fast-deploying Title 10 combat power with cold-weather mobility and a high-end escalation signal even though many readers know far more about the 82nd and 101st.

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.”

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.

Colonel James ‘Nick’ Rowe Assassinated in 1989

April 21, 1989 the US Army Special Forces lost a legend in its ranks. Communist guerrillas assassinated COL. Nick Rowe while on his way to work as a military advisor to the Philippine Army. Rowe had escaped a Viet Cong prisoner of war camp on New Year’s Eve 1968 while being taken to his execution. […]

Al Mar, Nick Rowe, and the Knives Built for SERE

A junior soldier’s first Al Mar purchase becomes the entry point into how Al Mar’s Special Forces ties, friendship with Nick Rowe, and SERE-driven design priorities shaped some of the most respected knives in the tactical world.