America in Africa: Camp Lemonnier & foreign adversaries

America in Africa: Camp Lemonnier & foreign adversaries

This article was written by Eren Ersozoglu and originally published on Grey Dynamics.  The purpose of this Grey Dynamics Africa Intelligence Report is to analyze the benefit of Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti for America’s strategic and geopolitical purposes. Foreign presence will be assessed, and analysis will provide the implications of competing and supporting strategies on […]

The Pic of the Day: Marines & their boats

The Pic of the Day: Marines & their boats

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), carry a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) during a squad competition after a small-boat exercise at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, July 7, 2020. The competition tested the Marines’ ability to maneuver the CRRCs without an engine, demonstrate safe capsize […]

Combat Medicine to Go Through Significant Changes

Combat Medicine to Go Through Significant Changes

The latest trend in the U.S. military is “near-peer conflict.” After nearly two decades of mainly counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations, the Pentagon is changing gears. It is taking a step back in time to a more Cold War setting in preparing for conflict against potential adversaries like Russia and China.  We can argue that open […]

Weekend news roundup: Any adults here? Entitled blond bashes BLM, Why, China, why?

Weekend news roundup: Any adults here? Entitled blond bashes BLM, Why, China, why?

(Warning: offensive content) Crybaby Costco Karen Can’t Contain COVID Correctly; Collapses on Can to Cry Constitution Did you know that you are all Americans and have constitutional rights? Did you know that you are human beings and not animals? Did you know that black lives matter? This Costco Karen… she really believes most people don’t […]

The next Chinese jet fighter & the stolen F-35 plans

The next Chinese jet fighter & the stolen F-35 plans

This article was written by Alex Hollings and originally published on Sandboxx. China’s growing fleet of aircraft carriers may promise to grant the nation more power projection capabilities than ever before, but first, they’ll need a competent carrier-based fighter. That’s where a Chinese national named Su Bin comes in–he is currently serving a prison sentence […]

Western spies are failing against Russia and China: time for a spycraft revolution

Western spies are failing against Russia and China: time for a spycraft revolution

Western models of spycraft are failing. Traditional models of spycraft seek to inform decision-making based on predictive analysis, but this is no longer effective in today’s environment. By nature, closed and authoritarian regimes, such as Russia and China, have an easier job of spying on their more progressive and open adversaries — the United States […]

Weekend News Roundup: Pervert vs Twitch, the danger of illegal fireworks, OMG the Chinese!

Weekend News Roundup: Pervert vs Twitch, the danger of illegal fireworks, OMG the Chinese!

(Warning: offensive content) Perverted Punk Pumps Pud Prolifically, Performs Penis Perforation, Professes to Prosecute Oh, snap… Eric’s at it again — his carrot, that is. I’m put in mind of the days and the mentality when folks tried suing tobacco companies for “giving” them lung cancer. This guy, Eric Esavillo, chokes his chicken to Chattanooga […]

Indian Army deploys Special Forces in border after deadly clash with China

Indian Army deploys Special Forces in border after deadly clash with China

After recent bloody clashes with Chinese troops over a disputed border area along what is known as the “Line of Actual Control” (LAC), India has now deployed its Special Forces units in Ladakh to prepare to defend its territory against further violence. On June 15, the worst border fighting in nearly 60 years took place. […]

Russia in West Africa: Trying to replace the West?

Russia in West Africa: Trying to replace the West?

Editor’s note: This article was written by Ana Maria Baloi and originally published on Grey Dynamics. This report examines the likelihood of a Russian power projection in West Africa, based on the country’s ambitions, military doctrine and previous and current actions in other parts of the continent Key Judgements KJ-1: Russia’s interest in Africa is […]

Weekend News Roundup: Nancy Pelosi, Chinese storm buffet, Chopping the Seattle CHOP

Weekend News Roundup: Nancy Pelosi, Chinese storm buffet, Chopping the Seattle CHOP

Pompous Piece of Poo-Poo Pelosi Pontificates on Peril of People of Pastel (Speculative and anecdotal narrative:) Yes, if you catch up to princess Pelosi you’ll probably find her thumbing through her new stack of 2 Live Crew and Suga Free Gangsta Rapp CDs. She sent in some spittle to Ancestry.com and traced her genealogy to […]

Ninja & Samurai: intelligence gathering in ancient Asia

Ninja & Samurai: intelligence gathering in ancient Asia

You can read part I here. Ancient China and much of Asia saw widespread use of spies and espionage during its turbulent history. In fact, the use of these agents was so common that the final chapter of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” (Sunzi Bingfa) is dedicated to spies, spying, and their importance in […]