On This Date, November 4, 1979 The US Embassy in Tehran is Stormed

This would be one of the U.S.’ first brushes with politicized Islamic fundamentalists and would change the country’s relationship with Iran forever. The resultant hostage taking of US Embassy employees would last 444 days and would result in the Carter administration being routed in the 1980 elections. The US had been a big supporter of […]

US Support Will Continue for Coalition After Raqqa Liberation

Army Major General James Jarrad minced few words as he laced what he termed the “lies and cowardice and the evil of its ideology” of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria he said to Pentagon media on Thursday. Speaking via teleconference to the media from the US headquarters in Baghdad, he said the Syrian […]

Bergdahl’s Mental Disorder Discussed in Sentencing Hearing

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has three mental disorders that likely contributed to his decision to abandon his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a psychiatrist for the defense testified on Wednesday morning. “I do believe they play a role,” Charles Morgan III, a forensic psychiatrist said of the soldier who after walking off of his post […]

Release of Bin Laden Files by CIA Presents Iranian Connection?

When Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, they brought back thousands of documents on computer hard and thumb drives that, it was hoped would shed much more hope on the al-Qaida organization. Now as the CIA released thousands of pages of documents seized in the raid, it has once again raised questions about […]

McCain: US “Asleep to the Necessity of Our Leadership”

The United States has ignored its role as a global leader for decades said Sen. John McCain, the result being it has allowed “”seductions of authoritarian rule” to take root around the world. Speaking to Midshipmen at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, McCain lambasted the last several US administrations for ignoring America’s mantle […]

Special Forces Stolen Heritage Flap Takes A Surprising Turn

Thank you for your concern now get the hell away from my pet project Nothing moves faster than bad news and sometimes when 80,000 people of your own tell you that you are wrong then perhaps it is time to stop, step back and listen. The US Army Special Forces community is mad and the […]

US Special Operations Forces, FBI Capture Key Benghazi Suspect

File this story under, “you can run, but you can’t hide.” Five years after the deadly attack on the US diplomatic compound and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, a joint operation involving US Special Operations Forces and the FBI have captured a key militant who was in involved in the terror operation. The suspect’s name […]

U.S. Pledges $60 Million, for New Sahel Counter-Terror Force

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced on Monday that the United States has pledged $60 million dollars to support the counterterrorism initiative by allies in Africa’s Sahel region. Tillerson said the US will support the Group of Five Sahel Joint Task Force, a military headquarters that will encompass up to 5,000 troops set up by […]

Ode to the FOGs, Another 12-Miler Done, But For a Good Cause

A couple of weeks ago, we posted a piece on here about the good fellas over at GORUCK who are putting together a fundraiser for the wonderful efforts of the Green Beret Foundation. It is a fun idea that anyone can not only donate to but get out and exercise a bit and feel like […]

Taiwan’s President Arrives in Hawaii Amid Chinese Protests

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is on a trip to visit and strengthen its support among its allies its diplomatic allies in the Pacific, stopped over in Hawaii despite strong objections from China. The Chinese considered Taiwan, part of their territory, despite the Taiwanese having a self-governed body ruling it. The Taiwanese have been in control […]

Iran President Rouhani: Iran’s Missile Production Will Continue

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, that the country’s missile program will continue and is not in breach of its nuclear deal, despite objections from the Trump White House. Earlier this month, Trump said that the nuclear deal signed in 2015, was one of worst, one-sided agreements that the US had ever entered into […]

October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush Signs the Patriot Act

On this day in 2001, President George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act, an anti-terrorism law drawn up in response to the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Just 45 days after the attacks of September 11, the Congress passed the Patriot Act nearly unanimously in the Senate (98-1) […]