Rockets Hit Kabul Airport as Insurgents Target Defense Secretary Mattis

Insurgents fired a barrage of rockets at the Kabul International Airport on Wednesday that they claimed was targeting the plane of US Defense Secretary James Mattis. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS) rushed to claim responsibility for the attack. The US then responded with an airstrike at the suspected launch sites. One of […]

Pat Tillman’s Widow Doesn’t Want His Name Invoked in Attempts to Divide

Marie Tillman, the widow of Army Ranger and former NFL player Pat Tillman, says that her husband’s service and death should never be used or politicized in any way that seeks to divide us as a country. She was speaking about President Trump’s tweet where he referenced the former Arizona Cardinal Tillman and used the […]

Trump Urges Afghan President to Close Taliban Office in Qatar

President Donald Trump is urging that a Taliban diplomatic mission in Qatar be closed. He’s reported to be in talks with Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani to formally ask the government of Qatar to close the office. The Taliban office, in Qatar, has been used as a hub for dialogue for more than six years but […]

Former Army Ranger, Steeler Villanueva Stands Alone for National Anthem

It is hard to miss Alejandro Villanueva, on or off the football field. The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman stands 6’9, 320-pounds and is one of the biggest men in a sport populated with large human beings. But on Sunday, he was conspicuous for another reason. He was the only member of the Pittsburgh Steelers to […]

Afghan President says Trump’s plan is better than Obama’s

Well, at least one Afghan President is behind President Trump’s plan. Current Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that he believes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s failed. That stands in sharp contrast to what former President Hamid Karzai said about Trump’s plan. […]

‘Cops,’ ‘NCIS’ used to train Afghan police. Is anyone surprised?

In a speech to introduce a new report on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko lamented that infantry officers and aviators have been responsible for teaching Afghans on how to conduct local police work. He specifically mentioned how one army officer interviewed for the report admitted to watching television […]

Afghan President Says Trump’s Plan is Better than Obama’s

Well, at least one Afghan President is behind President Trump’s plan. Current Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that he believes that U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy to win the war in Afghanistan will work where his predecessor’s failed. That stands in sharp contrast to what former President Hamid Karzai said about Trump’s plan. […]

5th Special Forces Group, 21 September 1961, “The Legion”

On this day in 1961, the 5th Special Forces Group Airborne, 5th SFG(A) was activated at Ft. Bragg, NC. A happy 56th birthday to “The Legion” and the men assigned to it both past and present. The 5th SFG was made famous by their exploits during the war in Vietnam but during the next generation, […]

Portraits of Guantanamo, Red Cross, Families Release Detainee Images

While the GWOT (Global War on Terror) rages on, so does the job of detaining some of the captives of the US. And the military designated some of the worst of them for being held inside the US Navy’s base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detainees, many of whom have been held there for over […]

Former al-Qaida Operatives Launch New Militant Group in Pakistan

A new al-Qaida-inspired militant group, the Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan, whose members have grown disaffected with the Islamic State group in the country, has recently emerged in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi claims to act as a platform for militants who breaking away from the IS. The group, Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan, was reportedly formed by […]

Sixteen Years Later, the 9-11 Suspects Are Still Awaiting Trial

Amazingly, sixteen years after Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, five of the accused terrorists who are still held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are still awaiting trial which isn’t expected until at least 2019. Some of the family of the victims in the attacks of that day say […]

5 U.S. troops injured in suicide attack on 9/11 anniversary in Afghanistan

According to reports out of Afghanistan, five U.S. troops received non-life threatening injuries in an apparent suicide-bomber attack on Monday, the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that led to the onset of the war on terror.  A sixth member of the U.S. led coalition was reportedly also injured. A U.S. Defense official stated that […]