Category: Entertainment

U.S. Army soldiers attending the Infantry Advanced Leader Course 19-002, hosted by the New Jersey National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 254th Regiment (Combat Arms), clean up brass after M240B machine gun firing on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 2, 2019. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

French Marine Nationale sailors observe flight operations on the flight deck of France’s Marine Nationale aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) in the Red Sea on April 15, 2019. The aircraft carriers Charles de Gaulle and John C. Stennis (CVN 74) conducted a cross-deck exercise between sailors to increase interoperability between two allied […]

KEY WEST, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2018) — Marine Raiders from a Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) K9 unit conduct over-the-beach-bag (OTB) training in Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor during MARSOC’s multi-purpose canine handler training. Naval Air Station Key West is a state-of-the-art facility for combat fighter aircraft of all military services, […]

An excerpt from my memoir, “Murphy’s Law“: Things took on a new level of cool when Little Bird helicopters showed up at our FOB one night. We were going to have one night of training for an aerial platform support mission, then, during the next period of darkness, we were going hot for a high-value […]

A landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5, transports light armored vehicles with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on March 15, 2019. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine training as part of the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Such […]

One of the biggest blockbuster war films is being re-released for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy invasion of France. Steven Spielberg’s classic “Saving Private Ryan” is being brought back in 600 theaters nationwide for just two days, June 2 and June 5 at 3 and 7 p.m. on those days to commemorate the […]

What a crazy week it as been with the book release!  Yesterday I did a interview with CBS, then was on the Brain Kilmeade show, then did my regular podcast with Ian Scotto interviewing former CIA case officer Bob Baer, met with my agent, and then drove over to Northvale, New Jersey for a book […]

We’ve all seen it in movies: The hero needs to make a hasty escape, so he dives through the window into a nearby body of water. His pursuers, intent on killing him, reach the now-broken window and open fire, giving the audience a spectacular view of bullets ripping through the water all around our protagonist. […]

With “Murphy’s Law” just a few weeks away from publication, I thought I might share a few stories that just didn’t make the cut for the book. When I wrote it, I really focused on what I thought were the most important or interesting aspects of my life and discarded a lot of material that […]

My memoir, “Murphy’s Law: My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist” releases as an audiobook on April 23rd. The book is also available in hardcover later this month. I decided I wanted to be the one to narrate the audiobook edition.  It’s my story, so it only makes sense that you […]

Slightly more than two years ago, “John Wick: Chapter 2” hit theaters, proving the success and excitement of the first installment wasn’t a fluke. While gun-toting action flicks are certainly nothing new for the American audience—or for Keanu Reeves in the title role—these films somehow delivered the same time-honored blast-’em-up action we’ve grown accustomed to […]

Michele Rigby Assad is a former undercover officer in the National Clandestine Service of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Trained as a counterterrorism specialist, Michele served her country for ten years, working in Iraq and other secret Middle Eastern locations. Upon retirement from active service, Michele and her husband (also a former agent) began leading […]