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The concern around intellectual property, industrial subsidies, currency manipulation, and forced technology transfers from U.S. companies to Chinese counterparts is real, but America needs to look to the future, not the past. Thinking about what the global economy will look like in the next century is the main reason America should still want healthy trade […]

“The 21st Century is ushering in a tremendous shift in training methodology and technology implementation in the asymmetric battle field.  The modern day sniper is evolving with this shift and turning into one of the most effective tools in the inventory.”-Brandon Webb, Former SEAL Sniper Course Manager. “How do you know where you’re going if you […]

A series of unidentified explosions around Iraq have triggered a political reaction that might affect how American and coalition warfighters destroy the remnants of the Islamic State (ISIS). From now on, the Iraqi government and military will review the air tasking order on a daily basis to determine which air missions will be greenlighted. The […]

Military working dog handlers with the U.S. Army Rangers and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command multipurpose canine handlers fast-rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 24, 2019. The purpose […]

For many Americans, the blockbuster movies we watch represent an essential reprieve from the stress and anxiety of real life. Hollywood’s ability to grant us a few hours of peace amid a world embroiled in chaos is perhaps its most significant strength, but rarely do we, the viewers, put much thought into just how miserable […]

SOF Operators take to two-wheels in the hunt for Taliban in remote regions of Afghanistan. If you are the Taliban, this is your worst nightmare come true. A ten-man element of U.S. Spec Ops shooters armed with precision fire weapons and night vision optics, weaving through rolling hills along goat trails on blacked-out motorcycles in the […]

The U.S. Navy has revealed new details regarding three previously released videos of Naval aviators investigating or pursuing Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAP’s — commonly referred to as UFOs outside of investigative circles. These videos, known online as “FLIR1,” “GIMBAL,” and “GoFast,” have all drawn headlines in the recent past alongside stories about the Pentagon’s […]

The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) is the preeminent special operations force, deploying the DOD’s most competent, adaptable forces worldwide and across the range of military operations. The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) provides a scalable and self-sustaining special operations capability operating by, with, and through partnered forces to address our nation’s most complex problems. […]

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron looks out over the ocean while aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk, July 26, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 31st RQS consists of combat rescue officers, pararescue specialists and survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists who work together to facilitate the return […]

As the U.S. military continues its efforts to find a more lethal rifle and projectile combination for infantry troops, Texas-based True Velocity has unveiled their new 6.8mm cartridge that will compete to be selected for the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW). The intent is to produce a new form of ammunition that will […]

After only reading the list once, I was able to remember and recite every digit of every phone number that all 30 of my sniper students gave me before I taught them how to do the same. It would seem like I must have had a photographic memory, though, if that were the case, it […]

For nearly twenty years now, the United States has been embroiled in combat operations spanning multiple nations and against multiple opponents. These terror groups often hide in plain sight, infiltrating the local population and making it extremely difficult to identify and engage targets. As a result, counter-terror operations tend to have little in common with […]