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I often get questions related to language training, so I thought I would start from the beginning with the DLAB (Defense Language Aptitude Battery) test. The DLAB will be one of the deciding factors on whether or not you qualify for a language dependent MOS (military occupational specialty) like human intelligence and signal intelligence (Note: 35P cryptologic linguist […]

An often-overlooked form of self-defense, choking out a violent criminal requires neither brawn nor expertise in mixed martial arts.

For two years after the accident, Yei Yang refused to leave his home. “I couldn’t farm, I couldn’t go to see friends, as they might be afraid of me,” Yang tells CNN. “I didn’t want to live.” Yang was just 22 and burning rubbish near his village in the province of Xieng Khoung in north-eastern […]

Every concealed-carry permit holder has more than likely wondered how the law enforcement community feels about the “average Joe” carrying a concealed weapon. So did I. Fortunately, I have friends who are police officers in my area—some who trained me in the police academy, some who were a classmates—and could ask the questions that many of […]

In the beginning it took me awhile before it sunk in just how absurdly busy Jack was with everyone and everything that was SOFREP. I was a sucker to the fact that every time I sent Jack a FB IM he fired right back, and not in grunts, but full-up expounded sentences.

Sidney Schanberg, who died in July, was an award-winning journalist who covered the Vietnam War and genocides in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and Cambodia. Perhaps more than any other reporter, Schanberg made Western publics aware of the terrible suffering the people of Cambodia endured under the 3½-year reign of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979). Disregarding the wishes […]

In March 2014, Dan Mozena, then U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, said that Bangladesh is “a moderate and generally secular and tolerant—though sometimes this is getting stretched at the moment—alternative to violent extremism in a very troubled part of the world.” While Mozena’s statement reflects the general perception that Bangladesh is a success story of a moderate, secular, […]

A team of scientists is investigating mysterious signal spikes coming from a six billion-year-old star. What’s the best strategy for global response?

George is a former Delta Force operator (master sergeant) and a current vigilante against the scourge of human trafficking in the American Southwest.

I noted quickly that Buck too did most of his operations solo, as he was well versed in the same fine that I too have mad skills in; that is, the ‘art of multi-tasking way too much by yourself because you have no assistance’. Buck steered with his knee, operated a hand-cam with one hand, checked Google Maps for route recon with the other hand, and rooted through travel debris with his… third hand. I was in good hands.

We finished the day by trying to shoot our pistols long range. All of us managed to hit the 100m target, a few hit the 200m target, but only Dennis nailed the 300m target and did it on his first attempt!

In this episode, Phil lets you in on a little secret regarding Brexit and England leaving the EU,