The Quintessential Kamala Harris: The First Everything woman
Caution: Spirited Adult Content, courtesy of our own George E. Hand IV.
Op-Ed
Why California is a Burning Mess of Smog and How to Fix It
I love California, but it’s going to Hell with Harvey Weinstein. I truly hope it gets its act together before its too late.
Disposable Heroes: Why is MARSOC Still Silent About Three Falsely Accused Raiders?
With a command seemingly aligned against them and a GoFundMe fundraiser mysteriously shut down the MARSOC 3 are being left out in the cold.
Here’s Why the Payroll Tax Deferral is a Bad Deal for Military Families
Military leaders are encouraging troops to set the extra money aside so that they won’t be caught short in paying it back in January.
Want Stability in Africa? Let Special Forces Do Their Jobs
Bureaucracy is undermining the Special Operations mission in Africa and leading to increased attrition of our best SOF soliders.
Why Term Limits Would Clean Up America’s Political Sewage Spill
Introducing term limits would go a long way to fixing our political pigpen; it puts in place proper incentives and disrupts the political royalty.
Pentagon finally releases Marine Special Operations document that reveals leadership cover ups
Senior Pentagon leaders have been involved in flagrant scandals for decades. Despite several reform efforts, including the Freedom Of Information Act of 1967 and pressure from Congress to allow the public access to records of any federal agency, the Pentagon is repeatedly ignoring requests for unclassified information in order to protect senior military leaders from […]
Op-Ed: Are Generals Mattis and Petraeus patriots or revolutionists?
The following Op-Ed was written by Fred Galvin (USMC retired). Generals Mattis and General Petraeus collaborated and published the U.S. Army’s Field Manual 3-24 on counterinsurgency operations (COIN) in 2006; it later became Joint Publication 3-24. The publication contained the lessons the generals learned from nearly 19 years of operations in Afghanistan and 16 years […]
Op-Ed: Why I don’t support Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe
Here’s the bottom line: I staunchly oppose the appointment and confirmation of Mr. John Ratcliffe — a man with insufficient national security experience — as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the leader responsible for coordinating the efforts of the intelligence community and personally shaping the President’s understanding and consumption of intelligence information. As you […]
Op-Ed: Army Arctic Tab, everyone gets a trophy
This past week SOFREP’s Steve Balestrieri wrote about the newly redesigned Artic Tab and how it spurred controversy. The controversy ultimately comes from egos, a feeling that everyone needs a trophy. Let us be honest; how many tabs does the Army need? The Arctic tab is earned by completing either the Cold Weather Leaders Course […]
The war of the Tab? Army redesigns ‘Arctic Tab’ and spurs controversy
The Army is serious about placing more emphasis on cold-weather warfare as competition with “near-peers” Russia and China in the Arctic intensifies. So, the Army has redesigned the rectangular “Arctic” tab that denoted that a soldier had graduated the Northern Warfare Cold Weather Leader’s Course (CWLC). They have now made the tab into an arced-shaped […]
Bezos phone hack shows it’s high time to dump the Saudi Crown Prince
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, this article seeks to engage the reader in thoughtful discourse over the current state of U.S.- Middle East affairs, particularly as they pertain to Iran and Saudi Arabia. Falling oil prices, recent reports of several additional senior members of the Saudi royal family being detained, and other concerns over Saudi Crown […]
