American Navy ship seizes nearly 600 pounds of heroin in Arabian Sea

The USS Laboon intercepted a small vessel in international waters that was carrying nearly six hundred pounds of heroin while conducting maritime security operations as a part of the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 of the Combined Maritime Forces in the Arabian Sea. The small vessel was considered “stateless” in that it carried no national […]

Tillerson hosts first anti-ISIS coalition meeting since Trump took office

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will begin hosting the first anti-ISIS coalition meeting since President Trump took office.  Delegates and foreign ministers from sixty-eight nations are in attendance with important decisions to make about the future of anti-ISIS military efforts around the world for the U.S.-led coalition. President Trump vowed to make […]

The Syrian war rages on

An article was released on Wednesday, March 15, by the Washington Post stating that the U.S. Military is drawing up plans to expand the presence of American troops in Northern Syria in the weeks ahead, potentially adding up to 1,000 ground troops to the region. According to the Post article, “[w]hile the new contingent of […]

Navy team develops powerful new ramjet missile in just six months using off the shelf parts

The United States military is currently amid a transitional phase, reducing the emphasis we’ve placed on anti-insurgency and hunting terrorists in favor of preparing for the possibility of “near-peer” level opponents such as China and Russia.  The problem is, transitions take time – especially for a military continuously hindered by defense contractors prioritizing profits over […]

Comey: The Russians ‘were unusually loud in their intervention — it’s almost as if they wanted us to know’

Russia’s intervention in the US election was “unusually loud,” FBI Director James Comey said during a hearing on Monday before the House Intelligence Committee on the Russian efforts to undermine Democrat Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. “They were unusually loud in their intervention,” Comey said when asked by Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida what the […]

A new $10 million Florida plant may provide SOCOM with American made AK-47s

The AK-47 is perhaps one of the most iconic firearms on the planet.  The hearty design and famed reliability offered by the platform combined with the huge numbers of AK-47s produced by the Soviet Union during the cold war have made it a staple of many nations’ militaries.  Some have even gone so far as […]

China is going after South Korea’s wallet in their dispute over the THAAD missile system

The first pieces of the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system arrived in South Korea earlier this month, the latest step a deployment process the Chinese government had greeted with chagrin. Beijing has inveighed against the deployment and criticized the South Korean government for undermining bilateral relations by hosting the missile system. Chinese […]

More U.S. troops likely to be sent to Syria with new Pentagon plan

As the Trump administration cedes greater decision-making authority back to battlefield commanders in Syria and Iraq, more U.S. troops are likely to be on the ground in Syria for the coming Raqqa offensive. Citing defense officials familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be approving the deployment […]