War on Terror

The United States emerged from World War II with the Bazooka as its primary anti-armor and anti-structure weapon.  Proven as a true war winner, the series, requiring a firer and a loader, started with the M1, upgraded through the  M9 and ended with the M20B1 ‘Super’ during Korea. The Bazooka’s basic design never changed, and […]

According to a statement by Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis, dozens of core Al Qaeda leaders are believed to have been killed in a U.S led airstrike in Jinah, Syria last week. Captain Davis delivered a written statement and then briefly took questions from reporters regarding the strike.  Opponents in Syria have accused U.S. forces […]

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allot 2,500 more visas for Afghan citizens that supported American efforts in the war on terror.  If passed, the visas will be available to Afghans who served as interpreters or in other support functions. Last week, the American State Department announced that they would soon run […]

Washington, D.C. – A provision within the 2017 National Defense Authorization could advance Special Operations Command’s steady march towards independence from the geographical combatant commands. The House of Representatives on Dec. 2 overwhelmingly approved by a vote of 375-34 the $619 billion measure, which contains a provision to reorganize SOCOM and provide its assistant secretary […]

In 1943, in the darkest depths of the Second World War the British sent a small, select group of intelligence officers from the Special Operations Executive (SOE) into Nazi-occupied Albania. Living under extreme conditions, one step ahead of capture at all times and short on supplies and support, the SOE personnel began to produce immediate […]

WASHINGTON — The escalating American military engagement in Somalia has led the Obama administration to expand the legal scope of the war against Al Qaeda, a move that will strengthen President-elect Donald J. Trump’s authority to combat thousands of Islamist fighters in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation. The administration has decided to deem the […]

The ISOF has been such a success that it ought to be widely known and a source of national pride. It’s time to feel good about our work. ISOF is doing the heavy lifting of U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq. We’ve sent a great many service members over, but they aren’t in the fight. The […]

“The Pentagon gave a controversial U.K. PR firm over half a billion dollars to run a top secret propaganda program in Iraq, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal.” This story recently broke into search bars everywhere. The story goes that the DOD paid a PR firm to help craft terrorist videos. Good. We don’t do […]

When in the Middle East, speaking to the average citizen, you’ll hear them refer to groups like ISIL as takfiri. But it’s seldom mentioned here in the United States. Wikipedia defines takfiri as a Sunni Muslim who accuses another Muslim of apostasy. The accusation itself is called takfir, derived from the word kafir, and is described as when […]

In a recent hearing, the Senate Armed Forces Committee, Cyber Command head said that ISIS is the most adaptive group to cyber he’s seen in 35 years. “ISIL remains the most adaptive target I’ve ever worked in 35 years as an intelligence professional,” Adm. Michael Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee. At a time when cyber […]

It’s not a matter of the Taliban learning their lesson. The Taliban has changed and the same original fighters do not comprise the bulk of the force. This is a question of what do they have to lose? Do they want revenge?

I dated a woman in D.C. who thought an ex-boyfriend was an assassin, but on the side. She went to tell me that there were operations that had to be denied. The bona fide was that he rode the metro to Pentagon City with her, once.