Trump: No Dictator Should Underestimate U.S. Resolve

Trump: No Dictator Should Underestimate U.S. Resolve

President Donald Trump is making strong overtures about the North Korean regime and plans on using this trip to drum up more support for his policies toward the government of Kim Jong Un, to stop them from gaining nuclear weapons. On Sunday he said that “no one, no dictator, no regime… should underestimate American resolve.” […]

Bowe Bergdahl Walks With No Jail Time, Was Justice Served?

Bowe Bergdahl Walks With No Jail Time, Was Justice Served?

Army Judge, Colonel Jeffrey Nance ruled in the Bowe Bergdahl sentencing that the former Sgt. now a private doesn’t have to serve any jail time. The judge in a surprising ruling, reduced Bergdahl to private, forfeiture of $1000 a month for 10 months and put him out of the service with a dishonorable discharge. The […]

US Conducts First Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia

US Conducts First Airstrikes Against ISIS in Somalia

Fighters for the Islamic State will no longer have free rein in Somalia, as the US pounded ISIS fighters in two separate airstrikes. The attacks were a first for the US military in the country where the terrorist group is an attempt to grow their influence. ISIS now joins al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group as […]

US Support Will Continue for Coalition After Raqqa Liberation

US Support Will Continue for Coalition After Raqqa Liberation

Army Major General James Jarrad minced few words as he laced what he termed the “lies and cowardice and the evil of its ideology” of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria he said to Pentagon media on Thursday. Speaking via teleconference to the media from the US headquarters in Baghdad, he said the Syrian […]

Joint Special Operations Commander Says 4000 US Troops in Syria

Joint Special Operations Commander Says 4000 US Troops in Syria

In what might have been just an honest mistake or a dangerous faux pas, the Commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force charged with expelling the Islamist terrorists from Iraq and Syria said on Tuesday that there were 4000 US troops in Syria. That number far exceeds the 503 that the Trump administration said […]

U.S. Pledges $60 Million, for New Sahel Counter-Terror Force

U.S. Pledges $60 Million, for New Sahel Counter-Terror Force

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced on Monday that the United States has pledged $60 million dollars to support the counterterrorism initiative by allies in Africa’s Sahel region. Tillerson said the US will support the Group of Five Sahel Joint Task Force, a military headquarters that will encompass up to 5,000 troops set up by […]

Israel Willing to Stand Alone, Attack Iran to Stop Nuclear Program

Israel Willing to Stand Alone, Attack Iran to Stop Nuclear Program

Israel knows that a nuclear-capable Iran is having a neighbor with a gun to its head and the Iranians have made it clear, they intend to destroy the state of Israel. So the Israeli government is willing to resort to military action, alone if necessary to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons. Israel’s intelligence minister […]

Germany Resumes Training of Peshmerga, But for How Long?

Germany Resumes Training of Peshmerga, But for How Long?

In the fight against the Islamic State terrorists, the German army was providing training and arms for the Peshmerga, the Kurdish people from Iraq who have been invaluable allies in the Global War on Terror. That mission was halted for a week, however, due to the conflict behind the Iraqi Kurds and the Baghdad government […]

On This Date: Fighting in the Yom Kippur War Ends in 1973

On This Date: Fighting in the Yom Kippur War Ends in 1973

The fighting from the Six-Day War in 1967 had left the Arab states around Israel smarting. They were anxious to save face and wipe the young state of Israel off the map.The Israelis, for their part, were edgy, since their victory, terrorism had increased, the threat of war grew with each passing day and peace […]

Congress Claims No Knowledge of US Troops in Niger Prior to Ambush

Congress Claims No Knowledge of US Troops in Niger Prior to Ambush

In a typical Washington dance known as the “Potomac Two-Step”, anything that goes right will have a hundred fathers, but if anything goes wrong, that operation is an orphan. Several members of Congress are now claiming this week they had no idea the U.S. military had a presence in Niger after four troops from the 3rd Special […]

Heating Up of Africa, Requires Beefing Up Intelligence Requirements

Heating Up of Africa, Requires Beefing Up Intelligence Requirements

On Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, of the Senate Armed Services Committee announced in a press briefing that the United States will be looking to increase U.S. Special Operations counter-terrorism missions within Africa. This bit of welcome news comes on the heels of an operation that cost the lives of four members of the 3rd SFG […]

General Convicted of War Crimes Invited to Teach At Serb Academy

General Convicted of War Crimes Invited to Teach At Serb Academy

General Vladimir Lazarevic a Serbian general who was convicted of war crimes has been invited to teach at the Serb military academy along with two other senior officers who took part in the bloody crackdown in Kosovo against the Albanians. Serb Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin praised Lazarevic and the other senior officers despite his being […]