Category: Politics

It’s not that the training was difficult for everyone else and it should be for future generations. It’s that you don’t get a stress card option in combat.

RIP, Extortion 17: August 6, 2016 marks five years since 30 American military servicemen and a U.S. military dog were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter — call sign Extortion 17 — was shot down in Afghanistan. Extortion 17 remains the greatest single loss of life since the Afghan war started in 2001. Fifteen Navy […]

Johnson’s stance on the military is non-isolationist, yet also non-interventionist. What’s that mean? That means he isn’t holding firm to the Libertarian principle of no military on foreign soil, but he isn’t about to re-do another regime change in Libya anytime soon.

To top it all off, a Muslim Gold Star mother and father, who lost their son fighting in a war for America, found it necessary to remind the Republican presidential nominee, who has never served the United States in any capacity a day in his life (nor have any of his children), that we Americans are governed by the U.S. Constitution, and he should read it.

Russia has made a significant observation: the U.S. is not guaranteed to take action in the light of a post Cold War Russia, that changes their foreign policy and political calculus.

Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens won his Republican primary race for governor of Missouri on April 2, 2016, beating out three other candidates.

During his acceptance speech, he urged voters to trust Hillary as he does, even stating that he trusts Hillary Clinton with the life of his son, who is serving as a Marine.

The Saudis took extreme exception to the U.S. and the President’s decision to not take military action against the Syrian regime. They vowed to go it alone.

Military personnel, veterans and their families have become the focus of presidential politics in recent days, but there’s growing worry that it’s for all the wrong reasons. “Yes, we’re talking about military families and veterans on the campaign trail, and that’s normally a great thing,” said Bill Rausch, executive director of Got Your Six, a prominent advocacy […]

Intelligence briefings for presidential candidates, a tradition since 1952, have stirred more controversy this year than in any campaign since 1960, as the critics of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump say they can’t be trusted with vital national security information. Trump’s habit of saying or tweeting anything that comes into his mind has led […]

Another ace up Erdogan’s sleeve is the refugee crisis. The EU in general, and Greece as the entry point, has relied heavily on a widely criticized deal with Turkey to stem the refugee flows from Syria and Iraq through the country and to Europe’s shores.

Troops and veterans voting in the presidential election this fall won’t just be picking their choice for commander in chief, they’ll also be choosing which political party sets the agenda on military issues for the next four years. Democratic and Republican leaders finalized their party platforms at their respective conventions in July, outlining a broad […]