After 10 years, US B-52s resumes operations in Afghanistan
After increased rules of engagement for U.S. forces, the U.S. strategic bomber returns to Afghanistan.
Foreign Policy
U.S. Delegation ‘Heading to Turkey for Gulen Probe’
U.S. Justice and State Department officials will fly to Ankara to discuss government accusations against Fethullah Gulen, the exiled cleric Turkey accuses of masterminding a failed military coup, according to a Justice Department official. President Tayyip Erdogan has demanded the United States extradite Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania, over the July putsch in which more […]
Will the party foreign policy platform please stand up?
A lot of thoughts and ideas that are taken for granted in national security are lost and unknown to the greater public. A more informed public might mean a better-informed Congress and, in turn, fewer narrow-minded and short-sighted funding projects.
US Southern Command in support of military crime fighting
To confront complex challenges associated with organized crime like drug abuse, money laundering and elite corruption.
Islamic State saw success in Iraq because of the Iraqis not Islamic State’s strength
In fact, it appears that Syria had a robust army after all. They never received U.S. training. How much does third party training do for a nation without a strong national identity. The Iraqis do not feel as though they have a country.
A former CIA asset has become a U.S. headache in Libya
The Libyan soldiers under Hifter were trained by personnel from the CIA’s Special Activities Division, the agency’s paramilitary arm. The CIA declined to comment.
Contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Afghanistan 3-to-1
Defense Department records show the majority of their contractors in Afghanistan today (more than 12,00) are providing logistics and maintenance services, to both American and Afghan troops.
If I were to go back into the Army, I’d consider a job in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) or Cyber
There are going to be more jobs in the digital space than there are people to fill them. In fact, if you can and want to – double down on STEM for your G.I. Bill – if it’s up in the air. Because open job postings with STEM skills take longer to fill.
China to begin train, advise, assist mission in Syria to back Assad Regime
A few years ago, relatively early on in the war against ISIS, I was smuggled into Northern Syria along a PKK re-supply route. Taking a small inflatable boat across the river which acted as the border between Syria and Iraq, my first stop in the Kurdish held areas of Syria (known as Rojava) was a […]
Propaganda fuels Islamic State’s power and provokes fear – not their operations
We give ISIL a lot of credit in some ways. Even addressing them by their preferred names is a sign of respect. It validates them and helps their cause. By no means am I advocating we do not take our enemy seriously, but leave that to professional warfighters.
We should focus on the Syrian Civil War, not its refugees
Refugees flooding Europe and causing nationwide panic in the United States are a result of the Syrian Civil War. The same war no one is discussing.
US officials: Up to 100,000 Iran-backed fighters now in Iraq
The effect of the Obama administration’s policy has been to replace American boots on the ground with the Iranian’s. As Iran advances, one anti-American actor is being replaced with another.
