Private companies attempt to buy their way out of military housing scandal

Private companies attempt to buy their way out of military housing scandal

For at least a decade, military families have battled so-called Public/Private Ventures (PPVs) on Department of Defense installations which allowed private real estate firms to build housing for soldiers and their dependents, then collect rent directly from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the form of the soldiers’ basic housing allowance. It was a […]

Op-Ed: New Zealand government caves to the demands of a fascist mass murderer

Op-Ed: New Zealand government caves to the demands of a fascist mass murderer

In response to the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand, which left 50 people murdered in cold blood, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledged that her government would draft new firearms legislation and ban semi-automatic “assault weapons” such as the AR-15 pattern rifles the gunman used. The New York Times editorial board beamed with their headline, […]

No, the US isn’t abandoning the Kurds in Syria

No, the US isn’t abandoning the Kurds in Syria

“The Kurds have no friend but the mountains,” as the old saying goes. Yet there are few mountains in Northern Syria, where the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) formed a coalition with Arab militias called the Syrian Democratic Forces to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The […]

Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s lawsuit claims US government ban violates its constitutional rights

Chinese telecom giant Huawei’s lawsuit claims US government ban violates its constitutional rights

Chinese telecom giant Huawei filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, claiming the National Defense Authorization Act banning the installation of their hardware in federal defense systems is unconstitutional. The lawsuit complaint states: Plaintiffs Huawei Technologies USA, Inc., and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (collectively, “Plaintiffs” or “Huawei”), by and through their attorneys, bring this action […]

Man tries to bring a rocket-propelled grenade launcher replica on a plane, airport security steps in

Man tries to bring a rocket-propelled grenade launcher replica on a plane, airport security steps in

On Tuesday, a Florida man attempted to board an airplane at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania with a realistic but non-functioning rocket-propelled grenade (RPG-7) launcher and inert PG-7 anti-tank rocket. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) search discovered the launcher and rocket in the passenger’s checked bag. When found at his gate preparing to leave […]

NITRO ZEUS: Will Trump dust off the plan to topple Iran that Obama torpedoed?

NITRO ZEUS: Will Trump dust off the plan to topple Iran that Obama torpedoed?

Night fell over the desert. U.S. Air Force aircraft soared overhead, lowering their ramps and emptying their cargo into the night sky. Vehicles were heavy dropped on pallets while operators assigned to 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta parachuted out into the darkness, conducting a military free-fall jump. Hitting their assembly area below, the operators quickly […]

Two ex-Navy SEALs among those arrested in failed security contractor gig in Haiti

Two ex-Navy SEALs among those arrested in failed security contractor gig in Haiti

Chris Osman and Chris McKinley (formerly known as Chris Heben) were arrested this weekend in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on conspiracy charges.  Also arrested in the same group was a former US Marine named Kent Kroeker and several Serbian contractors identified as Bajavic Danilo, Vlad Jankovic and three others named Estera Michael, Daniel Dustin, and Burton Talon.  […]

Former Army Ranger and Special Forces Sniper Jack Murphy breaks down JSOC helicopters operating in downtown LA last week

Former Army Ranger and Special Forces Sniper Jack Murphy breaks down JSOC helicopters operating in downtown LA last week

MH-6 Little Birds and MH-60 Black Hawks helicopters buzzed downtown Los Angeles this week as a part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) training exercise. Spectators observed the helicopters landing operators on building rooftops, then later setting down to pick them up at street level. Presumably, the training scenario involved the operators assaulting from […]

Some context about Joint Special Operations Command helicopters buzzing downtown LA

Some context about Joint Special Operations Command helicopters buzzing downtown LA

MH-6 Little Birds and MH-60 Black Hawks helicopters buzzed downtown Los Angeles this week as a part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) training exercise. Spectators observed the helicopters landing operators on building rooftops, then later setting down to pick them up at street level. Presumably, the training scenario involved the operators assaulting from […]

Op-Ed: The Special Air Service, the Punisher, and political correctness

Op-Ed: The Special Air Service, the Punisher, and political correctness

British media reports state that Special Air Service (SAS) operators were ordered to remove all Punisher patches and other similar insignias from their kits. SAS received the removal order after military VIPs visited the unit’s headquarters in Hereford, saw the skull-like emblems on troopers’ combat kits, and considered them controversial. The rationale behind the decision […]

US military intervention in Venezuela won’t look like Operation Just Cause in ’89

US military intervention in Venezuela won’t look like Operation Just Cause in ’89

In a recent interview with Face the Nation, President Trump was asked, “What would make you use the U.S. military in Venezuela? What’s the national security interest?” This question came not long after National Security Advisor John Bolton was photographed holding a yellow legal pad on which “5000 troops to Colombia” was written. President Trump […]