Category: Expert Analysis

In the wake of Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen’s tragic death post-“Hell Week,” amidst unanswered questions regarding performance-enhancing substances and a potentially harmful training culture, the Special Warfare Command is implementing extensive reforms to prioritize candidates’ health and safety.

In the aftermath of Benghazi’s liberation, intelligence gaps obscured our understanding of al-Qa’ida’s deep entrenchment, and the lessons from this oversight must be heeded to prevent another tragedy like it, especially with the group’s resurgence in Afghanistan.

In the intricate dance of geopolitics, the burgeoning alliance between Putin and Kim Jong-un spells a looming tempest that could shatter global peace, especially with the West’s glaring leadership void.

Ultimately, the only way to secure Ukraine and the rest of the world from Russian threats is to arm Kyiv with the tools it needs to regain its territory. The more Putin continues to escalate a war in which he still hasn’t reached a single primary objective, the more degraded the Russian military and labor force will be for the next several decades.

Cyprus’ fragility has only become more fluid due to the toothless fortitude of the United Nations and the inability of British troops on the isle. Turkey, like Russia, feeds off appeasement and indecisiveness by the EU, NATO, and UN to condemn their aggression and violations over Hellenic air and naval space and continued settlement buildup in the occupied areas of Cyprus.

The Taliban ultimately won the war in Afghanistan by biding their time and waiting out the US-led coalition. Not knowing how to run an already third-world economy, the Taliban’s theocratic and archaic laws have only exacerbated the cataclysm tens of millions of Afghans face. Nevertheless, the group now rules over a pile of ash, and the militants are solely responsible for the deterioration of Afghanistan.

Bureaucratic procedures get in the way of effectively administering programs, and there is no reason why the VA, with the support of the DOD, cannot anticipate the disability care needed for a service member transitioning to be a veteran.

Gitmo, in many ways, is a mirror reflecting a distorted image of American ideals; how can we preach the sanctity of our Constitution only to sidestep it with Gitmo-esque loopholes?

Turkey, which has actively played a humanitarian and diplomatic role in helping to have detained Ukrainians released from Russian captivity, now must confront its dark past and do the same with the fate of missing Greek Cypriots.

The KA-52 Alligator is a formidable attack helicopter that has supported various missions of the Russian Air Force. Nevertheless, the more losses the rotary wing takes, especially under sanctions, the more likely the Alligators could become combat-inefficient for several years or even decades.

Speaking at Global SOF’s SOF Week conference, Col. Jarret Mathews laid out the command’s effort to create hyper-enabled operators, leveraging augmented-reality glasses, artificial intelligence, and instant translation tools in a shift from comic-book inspired exoskeletons to something akin to omniscience.

The pursuit of justice, a cornerstone of democracy, is morphing into something more sinister; it’s no longer simply about right or wrong, it’s becoming a weapon, a tool wielded with strategic precision against political opponents, representing a fundamental threat to our democratic values.