Military

When a helicopter comes apart in mid-air over the Hudson River and drops like a stone, an old Army guy like me doesn’t think “bad luck” — he thinks catastrophic mechanical failure, pure and simple.

Despite recognizing Hezbollah’s strength and resolve, I’ve never chosen to call it ‘fear’—a term ill-suited for instilling confidence during my tenure with Delta, where we viewed them as a formidable terrorist threat to the West.

Answering a simple question on Quora about why the death of a Navy SEAL mattered led me to tell the story of Charles Keating IV — a warrior who died fighting ISIS so that others might live.

From an elevated hide site in Mosul, a JTF2 sniper peered through his scope, steadied his breathing, and made history with a record-shattering kill shot from an astonishing 3,540 meters away.

Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine didn’t just strap back into the metaphorical cockpit — he’s taking the controls of the entire U.S. military at a time when Washington feels more like a no fly zone for common sense.

The problem with the military isn’t the number of push-ups someone can do — it’s the lack of real leadership at the top.

You didn’t cave when it counted, and now the Navy’s quietly admitting it needs warriors like you back in the fight.

When America’s finest frogmen team up with Europe’s elite operators on the Baltic coast it’s tantamount to a warning shot to anyone eyeing NATO’s front yard.

When the military starts sounding more like a college sociology department than a warfighting machine, you know it’s time to start handing out pink slips—starting at the top.

The Army’s latest Ranger PT test skips the beach muscles and goes straight for the tough stuff—because nothing says “combat ready” like bear-crawling through mud and hauling water cans like a pissed-off pack mule.

Who knew the fastest way for the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate U.S. military bases wasn’t through spies or satellites—but by hawking protein powder and fish oil at the local GNC?

In a world full of noise, Gary Wetzel’s story cuts through with the quiet thunder of raw grit, duty, and a kind of courage that doesn’t ask for anything in return.