European Union Training Mission in Mali attacked by unknown gunmen and suicide vehicles

The European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali has come under assault, attacked by gunmen and rocked by a pair of suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs). The unknown attackers struck the Koulikoro Training Centre (KTC) on February 24 at about three o’clock in the morning. The assault involved two vehicles, packed with explosives, and […]

US Airstrikes in Somalia Kill 35 al-Shabaab Fighters

On Monday, the Pentagon announced that a U.S. airstrike in Somalia targeted and killed 35 al-Shabaab fighters near the Ethiopian border. No civilian casualties were reported. The U.S. was active with airstrikes over the weekend, conducting four against al-Shabaab targets alone, which reportedly killed two other fighters. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) released a statement […]

India launches airstrikes against suspected terrorist training camp inside Pakistan

As tensions between India and Pakistan build in the aftermath of the February 14th suicide bombing in Kashmir, the Indian Air Force launched a sortie against suspected “terrorist training camps” inside the Pakistani border near the town of Balakot. According to a report from the BBC, the strike was directed at Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based […]

Okinawa residents oppose plan to expand US Marine Corps’ presence on the island

Residents of Okinawa, Japan, recently voted overwhelmingly against plans to expand an existing U.S. military base on the island. Nearly half of all registered voters turned out for the balloting on Sunday, and nearly 75% of those voters stated they were opposed to building additional runways for U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft at Camp Schwab […]

SAS Commandos Wounded in Yemen, Highlight Humanitarian Crisis

Last week, as many of our readers know, two SAS operators were wounded in an IED blast in Yemen. The covert operation was a combined UK/US operation where the SAS along with a U.S. Special Forces A-Team were scouting out potential drop zones in the country. But what the drop zones were for highlights just […]

Never again: How the military prepares for a Benghazi terrorist scenario in Africa

The night of September 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic post and the nearby CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, were attacked by Islamic terrorists. The ensuing two-day battle left four Americans dead: U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, State Department employee Sean Smith, CIA contractor and former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, and CIA contractor and former […]

Sex in exchange for medical treatment: Horror stories of the current Ebola outbreak

While medical personnel and international aid agencies are working tirelessly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight the ongoing outbreak of the Ebola virus, a select few medical workers may be engaging in a “sex for treatment” scam. According to a report published last week in The Guardian, researchers with several non-governmental […]