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Titled “American Commander,” this is the first book from former commander of the elite SEAL Team Six, Congressman Ryan Zinke.

Timothy Johnson was all business in a three-round decision win as part of Sunday’s “UFC Fight Night” card in Zagreb, Croatia, but that doesn’t mean the Minnesota National Guardsman headed home without a souvenir. Johnson outlasted Polish heavyweight Marcin Tybura thanks to a fast start and a gutsy finish, chasing his opponent for most of […]

In a crisp Saturday in November 2014, a black Mercedes SUV pulled onto the tarmac of an Austrian specialty aviation company 30 miles south of Vienna. Employees of the firm, Airborne Technologies, which specialized in designing and equipping small aircraft with wireless surveillance platforms, had been ordered to work that weekend because one of the company’s […]

Hamidullah takes a moment to consider his surroundings after asking a young man to fetch him some drinking water. “Oh, what clean water we had in Kunduz,” the 35-year-old said of his hometown, which lies near the Tajik border. “What clean air.” “Here, everything is so polluted. We are surrounded by rubbish,” he said. “Look at how […]

Check out this exclusive book excerpt from: Left of the Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al- Qaeda

Uber has recruited 50,000 U.S. service members, veterans, and military spouses for its UberMilitary program. The ride-sharing company is expanding its operations in and around military bases. Uber intends to lessen alcohol-related incidents in military communities by increasing people’s access to reliable rides, CNET reported. The UberMilitary program, which was launched in September 2014, offers special perks and a […]

If the zombie apocalypse hits, are you the person in your neighborhood who can turn everyday objects into a weapon? If so, then your country needs you. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is inviting you to demonstrate your MacGyver skills and use them to help keep your fellow Americans safe. And you have […]

I never knew just how hard it was to be the decoy for law enforcement or military working dogs until I got to wear the padded suit myself.

Nic Checque wanted to be a Navy SEAL from his high school days. A Monroeville, Pennsylvania kid who wrestled and played football, Checque steeled himself. Cold showers. Sleeping in a  closet. No jacket on a chilly day. Buddies pointed out how hard it would be to join the Navy SEALs. Only one in five survives their legendary entry […]

Notorious terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was bullish on gold, telling Al Qaeda leaders in a 2010 letter to invest in the precious metal while “overall price trend is upward,” The New York Times reported this week. The letter was part of a trove of documentsreleased by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence last […]

A study by the Small Arms Survey and the Armament Research Services (ARES) revealed a growing number of arms trades made online in Libya. Experts say closed groups on Facebook (FB, Tech30) and Whatsapp are the most common places for such trades, but apps like Instagram and Telegram are also used. ARES tracked groups and individual arms traders active […]

Nearly one in three Iraqis thinks the United States is secretly supporting the Islamic State group, according to new internal U.S. government polling. That’s just one of the troubling views that the U.S. State Department Inspector General’s Office found when it conducted a recent assessment of the “public diplomacy” efforts at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The polling […]