Tag: Military Intelligence

“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge.” The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of […]

Few know that the Army National Guard has two Special Forces Groups. The 19th SFG (Airborne) and 20th SFG (Airborne) are accessible to civilians and prior military from any branch wishing to undertake the long and arduous path to becoming a Green Beret. Moreover, recently separated Green Berets can also join. The two Groups run […]

In a long-due and much-deserved move, the Army has decided to expand the number of senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the Psychological Operations (PSYOP) career field. The grade plate change was a result of concentrated and laborious efforts from both within the Army Special Operations Forces community and its supporters in Army leadership. Thus far, […]

Earlier this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) conducted an investigation to assess the standards and communication processes of the different intelligence units in the U.S. military. More specifically, the DoD investigated all the geographic combatant command joint intelligence operations centers (JIOCs) and intelligence directorates. JIOCs are responsible for the planning, coordination, and integration of […]

Mankind has always harbored a macabre fascination with the end of the world. Doomsday predictions litter humanity’s history, and for each new prophet promising the end of days you could find a disappointed congregation, maligning the world’s existential persistence when his promises of fire and brimstone have failed to manifest. For a long time, doomsday […]

Early last month, footage surfaced on social media showing 29-year-old FBI agent Chase Bishop dancing in a crowded bar in Denver, Colorado, finishing his display with a backflip that saw his firearm fall from its holster and land on the floor. The agent quickly went to recover his weapon, pulling the trigger of the pistol […]

Last week, a number of videos emerged on social media showing an off-duty FBI agent dancing in Denver nightclub, punctuated with an impressively executed backflip and stomach wrenching display of poor weapons handling when his pistol fell from its friction retention holster onto the floor. To make matters worse, as the agent hurried to regain […]

An airman assigned to the 31st Intelligence Squadron at Fort Gordon, Georgia, was found dead at work on Wednesday. Tech. Sgt. Michael Clardy, a 34-year-old mission manager, died on duty at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at his work center, Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina said in a release Friday. “This is truly a […]

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has provided a “gold mine” of useful intelligence about the militants who held him captive for years in Pakistan, and his experience has injected valuable lessons into the military’s program that instructs troops in how to avoid and escape capture, experts testified during Bergdahl’s sentencing Tuesday. Those experts said Bergdahl’s decision […]

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (August 1, 2017) – Michael “Fulli” Fullilove, who served 20 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL, has been appointed Director of Operations for DeliverFund, a national non-profit private intelligence organization providing counter human trafficking services to law enforcement who combat human trafficking. During his military service, Fullilove deployed to numerous locations around the […]

As I have discussed before in parts one, two, and three, proper military interrogations require a substantial degree of personal insight, training, certifications, and techniques. As a result, this series was not intended to be an all-encompassing guide for every type of scenario an interrogator may face. Rather, it should be viewed as a very […]

This shit is chess. It ain’t checkers. – Alonzo Harris, Training Day Bottom Line Up Front: This is a rebuttal to “Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan”(Flynn 2010), and includes my own assertions regarding military intelligence. This post is a series of observations based on my own experience within the community […]