Israel finally receives the first of its $5 billion order of U.S.-made F-35 jets

Israel finally receives the first of its $5 billion order of U.S.-made F-35 jets

NEVATIM AIR BASE, Israel — It was supposed to be a public relations bonanza. A pair of new F-35 fighter jets were scheduled to streak across the sunny desert sky here on Monday afternoon and land to rapturous applause by Israeli and American leaders and military brass. But first, fog socked in an Italian air […]

Are the CIA and Donald Trump slipping into a Russian designed civil war?

Are the CIA and Donald Trump slipping into a Russian designed civil war?

A recent CIA briefing given to the Senate indicating that the Russian intelligence services sought to manipulate US elections to favor President Elect Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm across the political spectrum, however, it also signals something far more perilous: a brewing civil war between the incoming president and what will be his primary […]

Defense Department should build off Special Operations Command Ghost Program, advisory committee recommends

Defense Department should build off Special Operations Command Ghost Program, advisory committee recommends

Washington, D.C. – A federal advisory committee has recommended President-Elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense emulate a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) rapid acquisition initiative. In the past few years, the military services have launched initiatives for conventional forces to learn rapid acquisition techniques from SOCOM. The Ghost program, named after Gen. George Patton’s Ghost platoon […]

Congress authorizes military to assist Middle East countries with securing borders

Congress authorizes military to assist Middle East countries with securing borders

Washington, D.C. – Congress has approved assistance to countries in the Middle East and North Africa seeking to stem the tide of foreign fighters to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The provision is contained in the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate approved $619 billion measure by a […]

TRUMP: I’m a ‘smart person,’ don’t need intelligence briefings every single day

TRUMP: I’m a ‘smart person,’ don’t need intelligence briefings every single day

President-elect Donald Trump brushed off concerns that he’s not participating in the traditional daily intelligence and national security briefings that presidents hold every day. In a rare post-election interview that aired Sunday, Trump argued for why he did not need to receive regular classified intelligence briefings on national security and foreign affairs, saying he told intelligence officials […]

Trump likely to name Exxon CEO secretary of state

Trump likely to name Exxon CEO secretary of state

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name the chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) as the country’s top diplomat, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday, an appointment that would put in place an official with close ties to the Russian government. News of Tillerson’s possible appointment comes as U.S. intelligence […]

‘A model for civilization’: Putin’s Russia has emerged as ‘a beacon for nationalists’ and the American alt-right

‘A model for civilization’: Putin’s Russia has emerged as ‘a beacon for nationalists’ and the American alt-right

Russian President Vladimir Putin has emerged as a hero of several prominent alt-right figures, raising new questions about the Kremlin’s influence on the far-right, white nationalist movement that has asserted itself as a new force in American politics. Whether Russia has played a direct role in awakening the American alt-right, whose resurgence as a crusade against establishment politics […]

Former SEAL Team Six Congressman Zinke on the nomination of Gen Mattis : ‘He has proven himself a thousand times over’

Former SEAL Team Six Congressman Zinke on the nomination of Gen Mattis : ‘He has proven himself a thousand times over’

It is official, President-elect Trump recently selected (Ret.) General Mattis as his Secretary of Defense. Rep. Ryan Zinke and many other veterans that served with Gen. Mattis in the past have stepped up to show their support for President Trump’s SECDEF choice. Zinke served 23 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL (1985-2008) which included two tours with SEAL […]