SCUD Hunting With Delta Force

In the desert, our guys quickly turned their Humvees into mobile gun platforms, ready to hunt down SCUD missiles wherever they hid.

PSYOPS and Paper Bombing the Enemy

Wars are not only fought with bullets and bombs. Wars are also fought with words. Sometimes these words are printed on brightly colored paper and disseminated to the enemy using leaflet bombs and aircraft. To a soldier feeling bad about his situation and not trusting his leadership, these propaganda bombs can be the “straw that broke the camel’s back”, causing them to surrender.

Operation Provide Comfort: The role of the 10th Special Forces Group

In the spring of 1991, in the aftermath of the defeat of the Iraqi military forces in the Gulf War (Desert Storm), a humanitarian crisis of immense proportions took place. Once the truce was signed by the Iraqi military representatives and the Coalition nations led by the United States, the allies quickly looked to exit […]

Department of Defense clerical error cheats a veteran out of his pension

In July 2001, Captain Ron Casillas received orders informing him that he was being reassigned to the retired reserves as he was now eligible for retirement after completing 20 years of service. This came as a bit of a surprise to Ron as he had about five more years to go until he hit his […]

On this day in history: Iraq invades Kuwait

Kuwait, 1990 — Four divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard and Iraqi Army SF units flood into Kuwait. Airports are seized, fighters are screaming overhead, and Kuwait forces are quickly overwhelmed. Kuwait aircraft are shot from the sky, and almost their entire Navy is sunk. Some Kuwaiti forces have more success than others in delaying […]

Long Overdue- USMA Gets First Black Superintendent in 216-Year History

One hundred and forty-one years after the Corps of Cadets got its first black graduate and 86 years since it had its first graduate in the 20th century, West Point, the United States Military Academy (USMA), is finally receiving its first African-American Commandant of Cadets. To say that seeing that was a surprise is an […]

Opinion: A Matter of Honor and the Fiction of Malcolm Nance

Reminiscent of Hillary Clinton’s “deplorable” comments when she referred to supporters of then candidate Donald Trump, MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance — and self-appointed counter-terrorism, cryptology, intelligence, interrogation and linguistics expert — has stated that all military persons that support the President are “not honorable.” As a retired Senior Chief (E-8), Airborne Mission Supervisor, cryptologist (Arabic) and […]

First Gulf War Air Campaign Begins January 17, 1991

On this day in 1991, Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm as the US along with other coalition countries began a massive bombing campaign against the Iraqi forces of Saddam Hussein. The Iraqis had invaded the country of Kuwait during the summer of 1990 and the coalition began forming up to force Iraq to […]