From Navy SEAL to warbird pilot, flying across America in the Epsilon

My friend Glen (Navy SEAL/CIA, KIA in Benghazi, Libya in 2012) and I departed from Peoria, Illinois and started to pick up ice climbing through 4,000 feet just after losing communications with departure control. Fun meter pegged. I had purchased my first airplane in 2003, a little 1980 Cessna 172 and had this great idea […]

America to begin working with Indonesian Special Forces again, but should we?

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was in Indonesia last week and met with officials in an attempt to normalize military-to-military relations between our nations. A particular area of contention is Indonesia’s Special Forces unit called Kopassus, which is accused of human rights abuses. Due to the Leahy Amendment, U.S. military forces cannot work with […]

Breaking: French Navy SOF rescue American hostage, two commandos dead

In the early morning hours of May 11, French special operations forces (SOF) rescued four hostages, to include an American, during an audacious hostage rescue operation against a terrorist camp in Burkina Faso. Two French commandos, however, were killed in action during the operation. The four hostages included one American, one South Korean, and two […]

Op-Ed: Will South Korean soap operas bring democracy to the North?

A recent article confirmed to me something I was told about by a Special Forces sergeant major who once worked in Special Forces Detachment Korea. Today, people living in North Korea know what life is like in South Korea. In previous decades, North Koreans had been so brainwashed, they actually thought they were the lucky […]

Trump says he will likely close southern border this week

As the rift continues to grow between U.S. President Donald Trump and the Mexican government over the flow of migrants across the countries’ shared border, President Trump announced on Friday he was considering the “nuclear option” of closing the border altogether. According to a report from Reuters, the move follows accounts of U.S. Customs and […]

Theory posits that Roswell crash was a Soviet hoax meant to make Americans panic

In July of 1947, something fell from the sky and crash landed in Mack Brazel’s ranch, just northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. According to the official story, it was an experimental weather balloon. If you listen to the long list of conspiracy theories surrounding the event, it was a spaceship from another world, crewed by […]

Unlike the F-15, America will likely never see new F-22s

Unlike the F-35, the F-22 has been operational for years, and has already been used in a number of intercepts of foreign aircraft over international waters.  It also trumps the F-35 in performance tests like maximum speed, rate of climb, and maneuverability, delivering figures that largely match or exceed that of the global competition. Like […]

State Department pulls remaining staff from Venezuela, urges all Americans to leave

The U.S. State Department announced earlier this week it would be evacuating the remainder of its embassy staff still stationed in Caracas, Venezuela. This latest order comes as the political situation in the country continues to destabilize after a massive blackout crippled several urban areas throughout the South American nation. “Like the January 24 decision […]

The Pic of the Day: Watching the USS John C. Stennis cruise by in the South China Sea

Sailors aboard the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) prepare to render honors to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while transiting the South China Sea on March 5, 2019. Chief, part of Mine Countermeasure Squadron 7, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and to […]

8 Americans among those killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash today

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed just after takeoff Sunday morning, March 10. The flight was departing Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Abebba, en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Onboard were 157 people, of which eight were Americans. The Boeing 737 MAX, bearing 149 passengers and eight crew members according to a statement released by the airline, crashed six […]

Breaking: 8 Americans among those killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash today

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed just after takeoff Sunday morning, March 10. The flight was departing Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Abebba, en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Onboard were 157 people, of which eight were Americans. The Boeing 737 MAX, bearing 149 passengers and eight crew members according to a statement released by the airline, crashed six […]