In photographs: Free Burma Rangers complete final training exercise in jungle

In photographs: Free Burma Rangers complete final training exercise in jungle

Editor’s note: The content and photographs in this article are courtesy of Stanton Sharpe. Run your cursor over the photos for captions. For background information on the Free Burma Rangers in Burma and Myanmar, please visit this link. New Free Burma Ranger teams are routinely field tested on various skills throughout the course of the […]

‘Murphy’s Law:’ Culture shock crossfire in Iraq

‘Murphy’s Law:’ Culture shock crossfire in Iraq

An excerpt from the new book, “Murphy’s Law: My Journey from Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist“ When we took that platoon into Mosul, it was a clusterfuck. The Iraqis left their breaching equipment on the Humvees because it was too heavy and they didn’t want to carry it, so our senior Charlie, Mike, […]

‘Your account has been deleted’: Instagram targets NEWSREP and other veteran groups

‘Your account has been deleted’: Instagram targets NEWSREP and other veteran groups

On Tuesday evening, Instagram decided to delete NEWSREP’s account without offering any concrete reasons. The only thing the NEWSREP managing team received from Instagram was a short email that hardly clarified the reasons behind what appears to be a permanent ban. “Your account has been deleted for not following our terms,” said the email. “You […]

Murphy’s Law hits bookstores everywhere today!

Murphy’s Law hits bookstores everywhere today!

I’m very excited to be able to share my memoir with readers today and it has already been interesting to see how the book is connecting with different people in different ways.  Some readers like to read about the combat missions, some are more interested to read about getting smuggled across international borders as a […]

Understanding and treating Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Understanding and treating Traumatic Brain Injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

“I used to think the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.” – Emo Philips The complexity of the structure and operation of a human brain is almost unfathomable. Our brains are the headquarters of the human experience: storing, sorting and reorganizing memories and even […]

Old Man Fitness: How to lose weight fast! (and why that often ends in failure)

Old Man Fitness: How to lose weight fast! (and why that often ends in failure)

In this column, I’ve never been shy about pointing out the ways predatory marketing has convinced so many of us that we need to pay to lose weight. As a general rule, almost any product that promises to help you shed weight quickly is nothing more than the modern equivalent of snake oil. In truth, […]

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

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 […]

Old Man Fitness: Supplements that work — and why they don’t for you

Old Man Fitness: Supplements that work — and why they don’t for you

Ah, supplements — to the uninitiated, they seem like powdered steroids dispensed via that obnoxious shaker the religiously “fit” among us are always carrying around the office instead of a coffee cup. To the beginner, they offer the promise of expedited progress, or even progress you could never do without the aid of science and […]

Why I’m Standing Up For Eric Greitens

Why I’m Standing Up For Eric Greitens

By Drew Sheets Eric Greitens is a good man who helped me at a hard time in my life. Eric and I served in the Navy SEAL teams together. We went through BUD/S training together. He was one of the best officers I ever worked with, and when I was in a hard way—suffering from […]