Delta Force Vet Answers the Age Old Question: Special Forces vs Rangers, Who’s Better?
Read the entertaining account of a former Delta Force member describing the interaction between the two elite units.
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What the Left Will Never Understand About Azov
You do not get to interview your defenders for ideological purity when the rockets are already inbound, you take the ones who hold the line and you judge them by what they do under fire, not by what comfortable people say about them afterward.
Evening Brief: US Navy Launches One-Way Attack LUCAS Drone, European Lawmakers Push ‘Military Schengen’ Area, Thai Jets Strike Cambodian Targets
Navy tests new attack drone as Trump eyes cannabis shift and EU wrangles Ukraine aid. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
The Shadow War Off Venezuela’s Coast: How U.S. Special Operators Are Quietly Shaping Operation Southern Spear
Out on the dark water where the rules get thin and the trigger gets heavy, Southern Spear is less a drug bust than a deliberate message: if you run narco-terror cargo under a cartel flag, the United States will hunt you down and end the problem at sea, not in court.
Democracy, Terror, and the Lines We Refuse to Draw
Liberal democracies did not fail because they defended themselves after 9/11, but because they spent the next two decades pretending that ideology, borders, and integration no longer mattered in a world where all three still kill people.
The Bolduc Brief: Senate Reasserts Oversight – A Crucial Step Toward Military Accountability
The Senate’s vote is Congress doing its job the way the Constitution intended, putting sunlight on military force and drawing a hard line against any president who thinks war powers come with no questions asked.
Morning Brief: Pentagon Hosts First Christmas Service, US Conducts 26th Anti-Drug Boat Strike, China’s Newest Carrier Fujian Transits Taiwan Strait
Pentagon hosts first Christmas service as China’s Fujian transit Taiwan Strait. Here’s your Thursday morning brief, December 18, 2025.
The Bolduc Brief: The Struggle of Leadership – Reflections on Dürer’s “Knight, Death, and the Devil”
Dürer’s knight rides on as a reminder that leadership is measured less by the enemies at your back than by whether you keep your principles intact when politics, temptation, and fear start whispering in your ear.
Evening Brief: Pentagon to Review Vaccine-Related Discharges, M23 Rebels Agree to Withdraw From Eastern Congo, Hunger Crisis Deepens in Afghanistan
Pentagon reviews vaccine discharges, EU eyes Russian assets, M23 rebels to withdraw. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.
SIG Sauer’s M250: Why the Military Needs a New Squad Automatic Weapon
The SIG Sauer M250 is the Army admitting that the next fight is farther out, tougher targets are the baseline, and the squad needs a belt-fed gun that brings real overmatch instead of hoping 5.56 and good intentions will carry the day.
Whispering Death: Lobaev Sniper Rifles at War
If Lobaev’s catalog reads like a roll call of overbuilt, mile-plus problem solvers, it is because these boutique .308-to-.408 CheyTac bolt guns and suppressed urban counter-sniper rigs were engineered to punch holes in physics, wallets, and anyone unlucky enough to be downrange when the “whispering death” models start working.
The Bolduc Brief: Navigating the Challenges of Award Recognition in Military Organizations
What should feel like a straightforward moment of recognition too often turns into a slow, bureaucratic grind where lost awards, subjective gatekeeping, and poor communication leave deserving service members feeling dismissed instead of honored.
