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Under fire in Vietnam, Bernie Fisher landed on a shattered runway, loaded his wounded wingman, and flew out through bullets to save a life.

US DOJ eyes church protest as Europe fumes over tariffs and Gaza talks expand. Here’s your Monday morning brief for January 19, 2026.

Federal authorities have placed active-duty Army units on standby amid escalating immigration protests in Minneapolis, as court rulings tighten ICE crowd-control limits, fringe pro-ICE activism collapses locally, regional tensions shift in Syria with a Kurdish withdrawal east of the Euphrates, and President Trump moves to assert U.S. control over postwar Gaza through a new international “Board of Peace.”

Depleted uranium remains in use because it reliably kills armored vehicles, but its battlefield effectiveness comes with long-term health, environmental, and political costs that follow long after the fighting ends.

The sweat dripped off my face and hands as I tried to control my racing heart, moving cautiously at the point with every sense heightened, knowing that every step could trigger a hidden danger in the thick Vietnam jungle.

If the Trump administration is serious about protecting U.S. interests in the Arctic, it should stop relying on rhetoric about Greenland and instead invest in a nuclear icebreaker fleet that provides real access, credible presence, and strategic leadership in a rapidly opening region.

Five Years to Freedom is a compact, must-read POW memoir that shows how Nick Rowe endured five years of Viet Cong captivity through discipline and mental control, influenced the modern SERE program, and belongs alongside Frankl and Solzhenitsyn as a study of inner freedom under coercion.

U.S. forces killed an Al-Qaeda-linked leader tied to the Palmyra ambush as counter-ISIS strikes continue, Democrats are pushing back on abolish-ICE rhetoric, ISIS-linked militants in Nigeria executed captives over ransom, and Trump’s Greenland push is driving NATO resistance and tariff threats.

Iran crushed unrest after a currency-driven protest wave, the United States moved the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to raise deterrence, Syria’s government secured Deir Hafer near Aleppo after an SDF withdrawal, and Canada and China launched a strategic partnership to reset trade and diplomatic ties.

The UAE’s reported use of former U.S. special operations contractors to run a targeted assassination campaign in southern Yemen shows how a partner’s “counterterror” fight can slide into deniable contract killing, with shaky oversight and almost no accountability.

The Trump administration’s saber-rattling and tariff threats toward Greenland are a short-sighted, politically driven approach that lacks public and congressional support, risks undermining NATO and U.S. credibility, and could hand China and Russia an opening while alienating the very allies and partners America needs.

A junior soldier’s first Al Mar purchase becomes the entry point into how Al Mar’s Special Forces ties, friendship with Nick Rowe, and SERE-driven design priorities shaped some of the most respected knives in the tactical world.