Military

She wasn’t a symbol, or a narrative, or a talking point—she was a dying girl in the mud, and I watched her last pixilated breath.

David Bellavia didn’t come back from Fallujah with swagger or speeches—he came back with ghosts, blood on his boots, and a vow that he’d never freeze again when the devil kicked in the door.

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When generals trade their moral compass for career preservation, the troops end up navigating the battlefield blind.

That M60 didn’t shoot — it roared, like it had a vendetta against the atmosphere and wanted everyone within three zip codes to know it.

Real leaders aren’t forged in echo chambers—they’re the ones who choose principle over promotion, even when the system dares them not to.

The VA isn’t treating veterans — it’s sedating them into silence, one cocktail of mind-frying meds at a time.

Catch up on Friday night’s top global and defense headlines, August 1, 2025. US envoy visits Gaza aid site, Cambodia demands troop return, and more.

Against the backdrop of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while international headlines were captivated by the broader war narrative, a small team of Green Berets was tasked with a mission critical to the success of the more extensive campaign.

Admiral Caudle didn’t claw his way through four decades of steel and saltwater to babysit broken programs—he’s here to punch holes in bureaucracy and light a fire under the Navy’s keel.

Syria probes sectarian violence, Slovenia bans arms to Israel, and Myanmar reshuffles. Catch up on Friday’s key global developments.

Syria’s new foreign minister meets Putin in Moscow as the US Navy ends its search for a missing sailor in the Timor Sea. Catch up tonight’s brief, July 31, 2025.