How I crashed my Army Special Operations Helicopter behind enemy lines in Afghanistan and what I learned about my crew in the process.

Flying with the United States Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the “Nightstalkers,” were some of the most rewarding and intense years of my professional Army career. These are the men and women who, when the President asks in hushed tones if we have the capability to fly specially adapted helicopters into the darkest corners of the […]

The Taliban released 235 hostages after it massacred 50 in remote Afghanistan

Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) – The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred around 50 civilians along with Islamic State insurgents but others were still feared held, officials said Tuesday. “This evening 235 people including women and children were released from Mirzawalang as a result of mediation by […]

With U.S. general under fire, Afghans fear being abandoned by Trump

Afghans are alarmed by widespread reports that President Trump has threatened to fire Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr., the highly regarded U.S. military commander in this war-torn country, and that Trump has also delayed choosing a new military and political strategy Afghans have awaited anxiously for the past six months. Nicholson, 61, the top U.S. military […]

Iran gains ground in Afghanistan as U.S. presence wanes

A police officer guarding the outskirts of this city remembers the call from his commander, warning that hundreds of Taliban fighters were headed his way. “Within half an hour, they attacked,” recalled Officer Najibullah Amiri, 35. The Taliban swarmed the farmlands surrounding his post and seized the western riverbank here in Farah, the capital of the […]

Former Navy SEAL named director of counter human trafficking organization: DeliverFund

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (August 1, 2017) – Michael “Fulli” Fullilove, who served 20 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL, has been appointed Director of Operations for DeliverFund, a national non-profit private intelligence organization providing counter human trafficking services to law enforcement who combat human trafficking. During his military service, Fullilove deployed to numerous locations around the […]

Kabul Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Attack on a Military Convoy

A deadly suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan killed at least four people Thursday night, three Afghan civilians and one NATO soldier. The attack took place on a convoy of foreign troops that were traveling between Kabul and the American bases in the country. Besides the four dead, US officials say that up to a dozen […]

Department of Defense identifies the two soldiers killed in Afghanistan

According to the DoD press release, two soldiers were killed on August 2nd when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated near their convoy in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The two soldiers were part of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and assigned to 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg. The […]

Trump’s Advisors Taking Longer Than Expected With Afghanistan Plan

The Trump administration’s plan for Afghanistan as well as their policy toward Pakistan is taking “longer than originally announced and intended,” said Laurel Miller, the former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Miller said to the media that, “there are no easy answers, there are no easy solutions. After 16 years, a lot of different […]

Trump’s Advisors Taking Longer Than Expected With Afghanistan Plan

The Trump administration’s plan for Afghanistan as well as their policy toward Pakistan is taking “longer than originally announced and intended,” said Laurel Miller, the former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Miller said to the media that, “there are no easy answers, there are no easy solutions. After 16 years, a lot of different […]

New CBS Military Drama SEAL Team, “Transcends Party Politics”

With the arrival of President Trump into the White House this winter, Hollywood is responding by kicking out three new military themed shows for its September lineup. Coincidence? Some critics are crying foul, saying that the shows are more flag-waving patriotic, conservative propaganda. But the producers of one of these new shows, SEAL Team claim […]

U.S. Blackhawk helicopter goes down in hard landing in Afghanistan

Two U.S. soldiers reportedly suffered light injuries during a hard landing of a HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan early on Tuesday. The helicopter suffered an unspecified mechanical failure during operations over the Achin District in eastern Afghanistan.  No statements have been made as to whether or not the helicopter had been fired upon by […]

McCain says he will force an Afghanistan strategy after administration inaction

Widely seen as a shot across the bow at the Trump administration’s lethargic pace in setting a strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Senator John McCain issued a statement Monday announcing the inclusion of an Afghan strategy in the National Defense Authorization Act in September. “When the Senate takes up the National Defense Authorization Act […]