The invasion of Leyte and the heroism of Captain Francis B Wai

The invasion of Leyte and the heroism of Captain Francis B Wai

On October 17, 1944, under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, the invasion of the Philippines began. This operation, code-named King Two, began the aggressive liberation of the Philippine islands. Since they were overrun by the Japanese two years earlier, the Philippine islands were a very strategic archipelago. Their recapture was vital to the overall plan […]

Pages of War: T. S. Eliot and ‘The Waste Land’

Pages of War: T. S. Eliot and ‘The Waste Land’

Read part one of this series here.  Part two. T. S. Eliot has often been criticized for his poetry’s inaccessibility to the average person, and “The Waste Land” is no exception.  It’s easy to read and think, “this guy is really just showing off how smart he is”–his Latin inserts, obscure Shakespeare and ancient Greek […]

On this day in history: Israeli Prime Minister assassinated

On this day in history: Israeli Prime Minister assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Prime Minister of Israel was killed on the steps of a city hall in Tel Aviv, taking three rounds to the chest and dying later in the hospital. Yitzhak Rabin had an extensive military career before his entry into politics. As a new recruit, he participated […]

BREAKING: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sentenced, no prison time

BREAKING: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sentenced, no prison time

SGT Bowe Bergdahl was sentenced on Friday after lengthy military court proceedings have come to a close. He will serve no time in prison, but has been dishonorably discharged. The prosecution was trying to swing a 14 year sentence, a downgrade from the life sentence that was also a possibility. Bergdahl’s attorneys got what they […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Greatness within reach

SOF Pic of the Day: Greatness within reach

75th Ranger Regiment Wins Best Ranger competition Master Sgt. Josh Horsager of the 75th Ranger Regiment took first place in the 2017 Best Ranger competition, held April 7-9, 2017, at Fort Benning, Georgia. The event is in its 34th year. The competition is designed to determine the best two-Soldier Ranger team in the Army. Image […]

Former White House advisor says democracy not impossible in the Middle East

Former White House advisor says democracy not impossible in the Middle East

On October 23, 2017, former White House Advisor on U.S. Middle East Policy under President George W. Bush, Elliott Abrams, spoke at Georgetown University about American foreign policy in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.  The speech centered around Abrams’ new book, “Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy after the Arab […]

NASA Twins Study shows genes fire differently in humans during space flight

NASA Twins Study shows genes fire differently in humans during space flight

Some of the physical changes associated with prolonged duration space flights are already widely known.  Muscular atrophy, for instance, begins to set in as astronauts living in microgravity environments like the International Space Station adjust to no longer needing to support their own weight.  Over the years, NASA and its peers in the international community […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Marines & Airmen take the beach

SOF Pic of the Day: Marines & Airmen take the beach

A U.S. Marine and Airman perform scout swimmer training during Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course, March 24, 2017, at Key West, Fla. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations […]

Iceland’s Elections: Russia, NATO, and Arctic Resources

Iceland’s Elections: Russia, NATO, and Arctic Resources

Iceland—In yet another European election Icelanders flocked to the polls to decide their nation’s future. Could the result spell trouble for NATO and U.S. interests in the Arctic? First some background. In the Second World War, the Allies had a strategically vital base in the small island nation. The Allied supply convoys from North America […]

1st Special Forces Command Sergeant Major removed amid sexting scandal

1st Special Forces Command Sergeant Major removed amid sexting scandal

Command Sergeant Major Brian Rarey has been removed from his position as the 1st Special Forces Command CSM as of today, his name disappearing from the unit’s official table of organization chart on their website.  1st Special Forces Command is the umbrella organization under which the entire U.S. Special Forces operates, including 1st, 3rd, 5th, […]

Navy investigation reveals lack of training, utter confusion as reasons for collisions

Navy investigation reveals lack of training, utter confusion as reasons for collisions

On Wednesday, the U.S. Navy released reports detailing the events that led to two tragic collisions between U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels that occurred earlier this year.  These separate incidents, one involving the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and another involving the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), both shared a single culprit, according to […]