Col. (Ret) Nate Slate: In Praise of a Cruel God
Years of envy and humiliation had hardened into a poverty of consciousness, where cruelty was mistaken for devotion and crime disguised itself as holy war.
Years of envy and humiliation had hardened into a poverty of consciousness, where cruelty was mistaken for devotion and crime disguised itself as holy war.
An 18-year-old Guardsman died on a Fort Leonard Wood’s rifle range, and until CID proves otherwise, this reads like a hard, ugly training mishap—the kind that rattles first formation the next morning.
Paris Davis proved that real leadership isn’t about chasing medals, but about carrying your men through hell and refusing to let history forget it.
US Army soldiers in Poland used the BLADE system to detect and destroy drones within seconds during Project Flytrap 4.0 live-fire tests.
Custer fell early in the river, his brother Tom fought on—“the bravest man the Sioux ever fought,” yet history buried his stand.
US Army invests $1.7 billion more in Raytheon’s LTAMDS radar, a 360° defense system built to counter hypersonics and modern air threats.
US Army paratroopers score first drone-on-drone kill, proving low-cost drones can strike and defend in modern warfare.
In the desert’s crucible, where ego burned away, I discovered that truth itself could be the strongest shield a man might carry.
In the hands of a well-trained crew the M252 81mm mortar is a whispering killer that can rain fire nearly six kilometers away with steady, deadly grace.
On August 23, 1945, General Jonathan Wainwright was freed from a Japanese POW camp, returning home a hero and Medal of Honor recipient.
On August 22, 2007, a Black Hawk crash near Kirkuk killed 14 US soldiers, marking one of the Iraq War’s deadliest air losses.
From wielding a guitar in the heart of Seattle’s grunge movement to bearing arms as a Green Beret, Jason Mark Everman’s journey is a vivid testament to the transformative power of resilience and ambition.