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Evening Brief: Iran Squeezes World Oil Supply as Violence Hits Two U.S. Targets

Iran squeezes the world’s oil artery at Hormuz while violence erupts from a Virginia campus to a Michigan synagogue, a reminder that from global chokepoints to quiet American streets, security plans and raw power still decide who walks away when the alarms start screaming.

By Guy D. McCardle
Evening Brief: Iran Squeezes World Oil Supply as Violence Hits Two U.S. Targets Armed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel patrol the waters of the Persian Gulf in a fast attack boat, during a training drill. This is part of the maritime force Tehran uses to threaten shipping through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Image Credit: Mehdi Marizad / Fars News Agency (via Reuters)

SIG Sauer’s 6.8×51 Hybrid Cartridge: How the Army’s Newest Round Handles 80,000 PSI

SIG Sauer’s hybrid 6.8×51 cartridge pushes rifle pressures to roughly 80,000 psi, using a brass body, stainless steel base, and aluminum locking washer to contain forces that would challenge a traditional all-brass rifle case.

By Guy D. McCardle
SIG Sauer’s 6.8×51 Hybrid Cartridge: How the Army’s Newest Round Handles 80,000 PSI The Army’s 6.8×51mm hybrid cartridge stands between the M7 rifle and M250 automatic rifle, the core weapons of the Next Generation Squad Weapon program designed to deliver greater range and striking power to our fighting forces. Image Credit: Mark Fingar via Guns & Ammo
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An Operator’s Tale: Delta Force and the Italian Mafia

Guido’s sterling sense of humor and ease of nature made even the most mundane tasks seem like grand comedic escapades, forever immortalizing him in the playful cartoons I sketched throughout our years in Delta.

By George E. Hand IV
An Operator’s Tale: Delta Force and the Italian Mafia Author's favorite photo of Guido relaxing momentarily in the back of a 6x6 Austrian Pinzgauer all-terrain vehicle in the Jordanian desert.

America’s Evolution Toward Equality and Today’s Backsliding Under Mr. Trump

A nation founded on the audacious claim that all men are created equal still struggles to fulfill that promise, as the long arc from slavery to civil rights reveals both undeniable progress and a troubling tendency to retreat whenever equality begins to feel real.

By Robert Bruce Adolph
America’s Evolution Toward Equality and Today’s Backsliding Under Mr. Trump Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist and orator, who famously described the Constitution as “a glorious liberty document,” yet understood better than most how far America still had to travel to make its promise of equality real.

The Bolduc Brief: The Complexity of Freedom – Analyzing the Calls for Change in Iran

Foreign leaders can promise freedom all they want, but without a unified opposition, a viable strategy, and conditions that allow Iranians to challenge the regime without being crushed by its security apparatus, talk of imminent liberation is little more than rhetoric detached from reality.

By Donald Bolduc
The Bolduc Brief: The Complexity of Freedom – Analyzing the Calls for Change in Iran Brigadier General (Ret.) Donald C. Bolduc, U.S. Army Special Forces veteran and former commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command. (U.S. Army)

Inside Iran’s Resistance: Who Could Actually Challenge the Regime

The Iranian resistance is not a single movement. It is fragmented across Kurdish militants, diaspora monarchists, and decentralized protest networks. Understanding who these factions are and what they can actually do matters before assuming airpower can reshape Iran.

By Benjamin Reed
Inside Iran’s Resistance: Who Could Actually Challenge the Regime Iranian Kurdish fighters from PAK's all-female battalion stand at attention during training at their mountain camp near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, amid reports of contacts with US officials as tensions rise with Iran's regime. (Photo: Monocle / Peter van Agtmael, March 2026)
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