A new Pentagon report reveals additional details on the strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq just over a year ago. These add to the amounting evidence that an AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) was used to kill Soleimani. There is also evidence that Joint Special Operations Command and the Central Intelligence Agency have been using these missiles ... Read More »
There are several reports of current service members, veterans, and retirees having participated in the riots at the Capitol. Investigations have been launched and calls to use the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prosecute the offenders have been made. However, each group falls into a different category when it comes to UCMJ and military justice. For those who are ... Read More »
Special Forces and the Border Police’s elite undercover unit have captured two terrorists who attacked a group of Border Patrol police. Last month in the Jenin area two terrorists pulled up next to a Border Patrol unit before firing at their jeep several times and driving away. Undercover Border police and IDF forces worked together to locate and arrest both ... Read More »
Countless ideas are yet to unfold if someone dared to take on the first step making it a reality. In Charlie Gilkey’s book, Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done, he cited ways and techniques on what we can do to overcome our obstacles to turn our ideas into projects and ensure we take accountability that what we ... Read More »
Dunning Kruger effect is a cognitive bias when people overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. We may not be aware of it but all of us fall victim to this idea. You cannot accurately judge your own competence because all of us cannot examine ourselves objectively. The problem comes when we see this in others but refuse to ... Read More »
As part of John Maxwell’s Change Your World movement, he is encouraging each one of us to get ourselves moving amidst a pandemic and never underestimate the value of walking a mile. It signifies your willpower to get things done since a mile represents the victory of our will and celebrates the power of intentional action in our lives. This ... Read More »
Sgt. Dorothy “Dot” (Schmidt) Cole, the oldest Marine Corps veteran reported, passed away due to a heart attack on Jan 7. Born on 1913, she celebrated her 107th birthday last year. Cole’s service laid the foundation for women to serve in the Marine Corps today. She enlisted in 1943 in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve after the attack on Pearl ... Read More »
Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, a Texas trauma surgeon, highlights an image comparison of a Post-COVID lungs is much worse than a smoker’s lungs. She points out that patients who have had COVID-19 symptoms show a severe chest X-ray every time, and those who were asymptomatic show a severe chest X-ray 70% to 80% of the time. The surgeon highly advised that ... Read More »
There is no denying that the coronavirus outweighs anything else in 2020. The impact of the economy will be affected by our overall ability to control and shrink the infections, versus them growing. While some nations have made decent headway the last several months in lowing cases and infection rates, the newer strain that emerged in the UK, B117, could ... Read More »
Benjamin McMartin and Bernice Kiyo Glenn shared their commentaries about how the U.S.-Japan partnership should be given importance with the rising threat from Russia, China and North Korea. President-elect Joe Biden and new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga must find ways to improve the relationship and cooperation. One essential way to do this is for both countries to work closer ... Read More »
The response to the coronavirus pandemic has been a $5 trillion effort, but much of it has also been a con. The top 1% has used their influence over the government to give those suffering minimal help, while accruing more wealth. While competition creates innovation, it also creates winners and losers. The wealthy, the winners, use their finances to influence ... Read More »
Ever since the end of the Cold War the United States has been closing oversea military bases. For several reasons including saving money, changing the US strategies, and foreign policy, presidential administrations have continued to cut down overseas military bases. While many of these bases were created to handle the aftermath of WWII, many of the reasons are still prevalent ... Read More »
The Joint Chiefs of Staff sent out a force-wide memo discussing the recent Capitol riots and the next commander in chief. “We witnessed actions inside the Capitol building that were inconsistent with the rule of law,” they wrote. “The rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition, and insurrection.” Signatures ... Read More »
Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, a clinic director with Special Operations Command, was on a bike ride with retired Ranger Col. Thomas Wells when they were hit by two motorcycles. Both men were hit at around 50 mph and knocked unconscious. Despite obtaining several injuries himself, including a broken nose, cracked teeth, and several large cuts, Wyatt stabilized Wells and called ... Read More »
Military strategists, special operations forces, and policy makers must understand the use of proxy forces by Iran throughout the Middle East. These lessons can strengthen US policy decisions made overseas and include larger implications for great power competition. Both Russia and China have used versions of proxy forces to extend their reach and compete with the United States. This report ... Read More »
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