The press is getting it all wrong on Marawi and US Special Forces

The usual breathless media reports have emerged from the Philippines latest security crisis in regards to American Special Operations units present in the area.  To be sure, the siege of Marawi has spun into a serious attack which bares some resemblance to the 2013 siege of Zamboanga.  Philippine SOF units such as the Light Reaction […]

Persona Non Grata Preview: OGA ops in Afghanistan

The following is a preview from my next novel titled Persona Non Grata, which is about a former SOF soldier and OGA (Other Government Agency) contractor who is PNG’ed and turns to conducting vigilante strikes against human traffickers in the United States.  What follows is the draft form prior to going through the editing process. […]

The CIA’s Black Eye: The Double-Agent Attack on Khowst Base

Five years ago this week, on December 30, 2009, Jordanian doctor Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi carried out the single most successful direct attack on the American national security operatives responsible for targeting and killing al-Qa’ida members post-9/11, when he detonated his explosive vest within the wire of FOB Chapman—CIA’s Khowst Base—killing five CIA officers […]

Saving Sandbag: Afghan Dog Adopted by OGA

It’s Christmas morning, and I am wondering if it’s too early to break out the bourbon. We are at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan, about 12 kilometers from the border with Pakistan, in the heart of Pashtun country. It’s a quiet morning, no rockets have been fired at the base, and there are no reports […]