Military

Back home I kept checking my watch as if Iraq still owned my hours, wrestling to set down anger and pride so I could ask the only question that matters: what moral ground must we stand on before we spend blood again.

Bombs can shatter buildings and morale for a moment, but they rarely win wars, breeding more enemies than they kill and leaving civilians to carry the burden long after the smoke clears.

Trump floats US nuclear tests, strikes China deal, and deepens Seoul ties. Here’s your Thursday morning rundown, October 30, 2025.

Sanctuary is a shabby myth in the Golis, where satellite eyes, patient ISR, and surgical fire are turning those wadis into dead ends for ISIS-Somalia.

On October 13, 2025, Belgium’s first Block 4 F-35A Lightning IIs rolled into Florennes to stand up 1st Squadron Stingers, a clear pivot toward a 45 aircraft fifth generation fleet with APG-85 and TR-3 that adds fresh teeth to NATO’s growing wall of stealth over Europe.

Russia’s war in Kherson has descended into a sport of civilian hunting; a moral collapse broadcast online for the world to ignore.

Two U.S. Navy aircraft falling within minutes in the South China Sea hands Beijing a propaganda gift and turns “routine” operations into a spark near the region’s powder magazine.

US redeploys carrier, Gaza flares, and Hurricane Melissa batters Cuba. Here’s your Wednesday Morning Brief rundown, October 29, 2025.

On October 27, U.S. forces turned the eastern Pacific into a hunting ground, destroying four alleged narco boats in three quick strikes, leaving fourteen dead, one survivor in Mexican custody, and a blunt signal that the drug war has shifted from interdiction to strike warfare.

From the five pound MHTK that swats mortars midair to the F-35 ready Mako sprinting at Mach 5, Lockheed has handed the Pentagon two precise, affordable missiles built for the fights ahead, and the real question is why we are not buying them.

He didn’t chase glory; he ran toward gunfire because that’s where his brothers were, and that’s where duty called.

The FN FAL, known as ‘The Right Arm of the Free World,’ defined Cold War battlefields with its 7.62x51mm firepower, earning a place in military history as a symbol of freedom in the face of Soviet aggression.