The real reason that America built Area 51 isn’t even a secret

As I write this, the world is only days away from what could potentially be the internet’s crowning moment of idiocy: the “Storm Area 51” raid. What began as a Facebook event created just for laughs was quickly adopted by the media for the sake of traffic, and as a result, given an air of […]

Military snipers: Past and present

“The 21st Century is ushering in a tremendous shift in training methodology and technology implementation in the asymmetric battle field.  The modern day sniper is evolving with this shift and turning into one of the most effective tools in the inventory.”-Brandon Webb, Former SEAL Sniper Course Manager. “How do you know where you’re going if you […]

Sergeant Carlos Hathcock: White Feather and the Cobra

His story in the U.S. Naval magazine, The Sea Tiger, had made his name known at last to the North Vietnamese. For months this Marine sniper had killed dozens of their finest soldiers, as well as their compatriots in the Viet Cong, practically at will. He did this with such effectiveness that they had nicknamed […]

The secret history of America’s involvement in Greenland

With President Trump expressing an interest in the purchase of Greenland, it seemed like a good time to delve back into the history of American-Greenland relations. One can trace U.S. involvement with the large chunk of ice northeast of the continental U.S. since the Cold War. Then, the threat was different; namely a nuclear armageddon […]