Culture

We congregate in the bars, or small social enclaves, and often alone, other times disconnected in the wildlands of nature or an urban setting . . . But most often at home where many spend their time in superfluous social-media bouts, some are soaked in alcohol, others intoxicated by the drug and/or narcotic of their […]

Australia’s elite special forces are the subject of a sweeping review that has led to a slew of disturbing stories about soldiers’ conduct, including during operations in Afghanistan, being referred to an independent investigator. It’s as though the older generation built up this reputation and now the younger generation are coming through and tearing it […]

Arab culture is quite fond of conspiracy theories and maintains a degree of paranoia in everyday life and in their politics.

Last night nine people were senselessly murdered at a predominately black church in Charleston, South Carolina during a prayer service.  The gunmen has been identified by police as Dylann Roof.  From his profile picture on Facebook (shown as the featured image of this article) we can begin to identify a possible motive.  Seen on Roof’s […]

Mexican history and culture have shaped the drug war as much as any drug market.

If it weren’t so troubling, the irony behind the U.S. Army’s latest embarrassing cultural manual would be hilarious.

Veteran suicide is at an all-time high: 22 veterans a day, and those are the just ones the VA is tracking. We should care. We should DO something about this.

Last night New York City mayor Bill De Blasio warned New Yorkers of, “one of the largest snow storms in the recorded history of this city.” The mayor stressed safety, asked that no one drive except in emergencies, and said that public transportation would be shut down. With the television weathermen telling us that we […]

The fighter community has dirty laundry – there’s absolutely no denying it. But without that culture, the brotherhood and sisterhood that fighter pilots share would cease to exist.

The same is expected of the men and women who actually fly them, and that is why fighter pilots are elite. To the chagrin of overly-sensitive and plainly ignorant folk – even the mainstream media – the fighter pilot’s culture is far from politically correct and, dare I say it, it shouldn’t be.

There’s been a lot said lately about the discrediting of COIN doctrine.  We have two glaring examples of its failure right in front of us: Iraq is descending into sectarian chaos again, as the death tolls rapidly approach the darkest days of American involvement, and Afghanistan is a basket case.  Of course, Afghanistan can be […]