U.S. Border Patrol Implements New Measures to Improve Agent Morale and Safety

Agents in Texas have finally received something other agents have had for a very long time – stable work shifts. Agents will now be able to bid for 6-month shifts instead of the current rotating shifts. “This change will have a major impact on officer safety and the morale of the Border Patrol agents working […]

America is Determined to Arm Libya in Fight Against Daesh [ISIS/ISIL]

The US and other world powers have said they are ready to arm Libya’s UN-backed unity government to help it fight the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group. Speaking in Vienna, US Secretary of State John Kerry said world powers would back Libya in seeking exemption from a UN arms embargo. He said IS was a […]

Watch: The Strong Europe Tank Challenge – 2016

What is the Strong Europe Tank Challenge? U.S. Army Europe and the German Bundeswehr co-hosted the Strong Europe Tank Challenge at Grafenwoehr Training Area, May 10-12, 2016, with an awards ceremony held on May 13. Six NATO nations took part in the Strong Europe Tank Challenge — each sending tank platoons to vie for first […]

Putin Warns: Russia is Set to Respond to the NATO Missile Shield

President Vladimir Putin on Friday described the development of NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program as a threat to global security and vowed that Russia will take the necessary steps to maintain a strategic parity. Putin, speaking at a meeting with military officials, scoffed at U.S. claims that the shield isn’t aimed against Russia but instead […]

A Plan for Everything: How I Could Theoretically Destroy the World

If I am not indefinitely detained in a federal facility following this article,  I will cover my interrogation period in my next article. Yes, I beat you to it! OK, so hands down I’ve been told again and again throughout my life to have a plan for everything. Apparently I’m the only one who took […]

Special Report: V-E Day Victory in Europe – 71st Anniversary

V-E Day Marked End of Long Road for World War II Troops When President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin simultaneously announced that Nazi Germany had surrendered on May 8, 1945, the joy Americans felt was tempered by where they were. The war that began with Germany […]

Iraq: The Ungovernable Country

Even  before America sealed it off with blast walls and razor wire, the area now known as the Green Zone in central Baghdad was viewed with a mixture of fear and loathing. Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s brutal late dictator, adorned his palaces with monuments to himself. After toppling him, the American-led coalition moved into one of […]

U.S. Ships Armored Brigade Combat Team to Georgia for NATO Response Exercise

The U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division loaded equipment and vehicles onto ferries in Varna, Bulgaria. A  delegation of U.S. officers including General Ben Hodges, visited Batumi, Georgia to meet and greet with local and national Georgian officals. “We are here to look at the port in Batumi to understand what is required to […]

Watch: Airstrike Annihilates Daesh [ISIS/ISIL] Tactical Unit

Coalition aircraft engages Da’esh tactical unit near Manbij, Syria, to disrupt terrorist operations and deny freedom of movement and key terrain. The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the Daesh terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of […]