THAAD declared operational as American B-1B Bombers fly along the North Korean border

North Korea accused the United States of pushing the Korean peninsula to “the brink of nuclear war,” after a pair of strategic bombers flew training drills with South Korean and Japanese air forces along the North Korean border on Monday. According to South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun, the joint drill conducted was intended […]

May Day protests turn violent in the Northwest, but the violence may have been by design

Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland, Oregon on Monday after protests gathered in honor of May Day turned violent.  Police say they were forced to revoke demonstration permits after the crowd started throwing rocks, fireworks, and even Molotov cocktails at law enforcement gathered near the rally. Though May Day originated as a celebration of the […]

Russian Military buildup in the Arctic has US concerned

Russian President Vladimir Putin is beefing up his military forces in the Arctic on a scale that hasn’t been seen since the days of the USSR and the Cold War. He’s reopening closed bases and opening new ones in a bid to control the cold but natural resource-rich region One such base holds the 80th […]

What mainstream media isn’t getting right about veterans and PTSD

“Can you talk to me about the active duty people who get diagnosed with PTSD and are automatically medically retired,” one associate producer at a major news network asked me during a pre TV interview last week. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is one of the most misunderstood subjects that the mainstream media reports on. […]

In friendly phone call, Trump invites Philippine’s Duterte for White House meeting

President Donald Trump has invited President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to the White House in a move that has shocked both detractors and supporters who are wary of the associating the United States with the controversial leader. Trump reportedly invited Duterte during a phone call on Saturday, which was described as a “friendly discussion” […]

James Mattis issues statement on Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan

Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the media on Friday to honor the lives of two Army Rangers that died during a raid on an ISIS-K compound in Afghanistan on Thursday.  The joint-operation saw participation from forty Army Rangers and as many as fifty Afghan commandos, and initial reports from the Pentagon have suggested that […]

1 dead, 3 injured in a stabbing at the University of Texas; 1 person in custody

This afternoon police arrested an unidentified person after stabbing several people near Gregory Gym on the University of Texas Campus. Local news is reporting one dead and three others injured from the incident. The status of the three people injured is unknown at this time but they are all being treated at a local hospital. One person is […]

8 people injured in mass shooting at University City pool; gunman killed by police

SAN DIEGO – Seven people were injured and one woman died after a shooting at a University City apartment complex pool Sunday afternoon, police said. The gunman was killed by San Diego police. Several of the victims were in critical condition at various hospitals around San Diego, according to San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman.  They […]

Two arrested on charges of illegal exports to Russia get time served

Two Russian nationals arrested in the United States last October on charges of conspiring to export sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia were sentenced to time served on Friday, a spokesman for U.S. prosecutors said. Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Karpenko, 33, and Alexey Krutilin, 27, both pleaded guilty on March 8 and were sentenced […]

Trump to be first sitting U.S. President to address the NRA on Friday

President Donald Trump will speak to the National Rifle Association (NRA) at their national convention Friday in Atlanta, marking the first time a sitting U.S. President since Ronald Reagan has made such an address. Trump is set to be the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the weekend-long event, which will reportedly draw tens […]

Under Trump, use of contractors in war zone diminishing

Despite the wars in the Middle East showing no signs of slowing down, what is beginning to wane is the US government’s reliance on contractors to help. The Defense Department is using thousands of fewer military contractors in the early days of the Trump administration than at the end of the Obama presidency. With the […]