Category: Expert Analysis

With the help of U.S. commandos and JTACs calling in massive air strikes from the front lines, we just might push ISIS out of Iraq by next year.

In places like Afghanistan there are a lot of short rooms—both in size and height. Height is a key consideration when working within that environment.

Ten years ago, I found myself in the streets of Ramadi and saw the blood of my brothers and sisters fertilize a freedom we were tasked to export.

Aside from combat, I am most often asked about my experiences as a paratrooper. To become Airborne qualified (jump wings) you must first attend, and pass Airborne school at Fort Benning, GA. I attended this course directly after Basic/AIT training. However, there were many people in my class that had been in the military for a number […]

The Wild Hedgehog Tactical EDC Pocket Trauma Kit is our latest first aid and safety product we have had a chance to review here at the site. The pint sized kit is produced by Wild Hedgehog Tactical, a company whose other products we have been fortunate enough to test before. Readers may remember the Wild […]

Colonel (ret.) Mark Boyatt is the former commander of 3rd Special Forces Group, and has written a book about returning Special Forces to their core mission.

Read LTG Kearney’s words to see how he falsely condemned seven MARSOC Marines in the media years ago, and continues to do so on the lecture circuit.

In my article I propose that, “when everyday Muslims investigate the Quran and hadith (or sayings of the Muhammad) for themselves, bypassing centuries of tradition and their imams’ interpretations, they are confronted with the reality of violent jihad in the very foundations of their faith.” Nonetheless, I suggest that the vast majority of Muslims are […]

Close-quarters combat (CQC) is a type of fighting in which small units engage the opponent with personal weapons at a very short range.

In what continues to be an amazing 21st-century information coup, even stalwart and patriotic U.S. veteran pages are eagerly promoting Russian propaganda.

The first airplane hijackings occurred not long after international air travel became commonplace. In those days, most hijackers were seeking refuge or riches, not mass murder or global attention for a radical cause. Terrorist hijackings were a later development, but after reaching a grim apex on Sept. 11, 2001, they have become less and less […]

Due to a sometimes hostile current environment, I believe there has been a steady decrease in the effectiveness of the U.S. intelligence community.