Category: Security

The United States is looking to further strengthen its ties with the country of Djibouti. At the request of the Djiboutian government, the U.S. is helping the small Horn of Africa nation build an elite Special Forces infantry unit, the Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB). The unit will be trained and equipped by the U.S. The […]

Genaro García Luna, who previously served as Mexico’s security minister, has been arrested in the United States. He is accused of having accepted bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel. According to prosecutors, García Luna gave drug traffickers both safe passage as well as information in exchange for millions of dollars. García Luna served as public […]

The Iranians are taking advantage of the chaos and power vacuum in Iraq to solidify themselves in the country. They are now stockpiling a number of short-range missiles in Iraq. This is part of their plan to increase their leverage across the Middle East and to check the influence of the United States and Israel […]

More changes are unfolding in the Andean country of Bolivia, since the ouster of former leftist President Evo Morales after allegations of election fraud. The country’s interim government has unveiled a new anti-terror unit that is designed to dismantle foreign groups “threatening” the country. Members of the interim government, including Interior Minister Arturo Murillo, were […]

On Saturday, an armed convoy, made up mostly of pickup trucks, rolled in the Mexican community of Villa Union and began an attack on the town’s City Hall. Mexican Security Forces were dispatched to the area. A firefight broke out that has now claimed the lives of at least 20 people, many of whom were […]

What will the next wave of terrorism entail? It is very likely to look like something we’ve never seen before, but also something we have. It will have no leaders, and will have no structure. How far away is it? In some ways, it’s already here. “History does not repeat but it rhymes” In 2019, […]

Drug smugglers and traffickers are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief in El Centro, California with the news that one of the Border Patrol’s most successful officers is retiring on November 30.  Pecky, an 11-year old Belgian Malinois with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Canine Program has been a key part of the […]

The U.S. military announced that it lost an unarmed drone that was flying over Tripoli. According to AFRICOM, the aircraft was engaging in reconnaissance in order to determine the current situation on the ground, namely security and violent activity by extremists. Tripoli has been the site of intense fighting in recent months. Libya is currently […]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), is dead. He chose suicide over capture or death at the hands of the Delta operators and the Rangers. His death, however, doesn’t spell the end of the threat posed by the terrorist organization. ISIS might have lost huge swaths of land and be a […]

The U.S. airbase in Agadez, Niger, which cost $110 million, has already begun carrying out missions in the region. Its primary tasks will be reconnaissance and surveillance flights, though it could potentially be used for carrying out strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles. Completed earlier this year, Air Base 201 (as it is officially called) was […]

With everyone praising Delta Force and the rest of the assault force for the killing of the leader of ISIS, it’s worth taking a moment and reflecting the operations and sacrifices that have led to this moment. Delta has led the campaign against ISIS since 2015, either by conducting surgical raids or unconventional warfare in […]

I am an unapologetic believer in our nation’s national security apparatus, and not just because I was a part of it as an officer in both the U.S. military and the Central Intelligence Agency. I also witnessed, firsthand, the dedication of those in the intelligence- and security-agency trenches, and saw them put their considerable skills to […]