Opinion

Every country uses their special forces and elite units in different ways. While some nations focus these teams on more political based success missions, this is not the case for India. “In India, we have been simply looking at battlefield victory. SF units are deployed more on tactical missions rather than the broader, strategic and unconventional missions that should be their ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission has made a decision that could harm our military’s goal in keeping troops safe from GPS hacking. They ignored the guidance put out by the Pentagon and civilian agencies and approved an application from Ligado Networks that could interfere with the communication systems used by special operations and combat troops. Congress still has the ultimate authority, ... Read More »

The Royal Air Force and BAE Systems from Great Britain are continuing to support the fight against Yemen despite the coronavirus. This has also continued despite concern from the United Nations, who believe there could be unnecessary loss of human life and suffering. Officials have been stating that the virus could destroy over 50% of the remaining healthcare system still ... Read More »

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, all countries are facing economic hardship. This author is now questioning if the NATO alliance still enhances global security, or if they actually diminish it. He believes that the three main reasons NATO is based on are no longer met or exist. The first Secretary-General of NATO, labeled NATO’s mission as “to keep Russia out, ... Read More »

U.S. military officials seem to believe that when it comes to Iran, they should either do nothing or provide a major show of force. However, the U.S. has a large military advantage over Iran giving them a better gray zone to work with. This author believes that officials must “have the willingness to take a calculated risk” and choose a ... Read More »

Military grooming standards have always been a hot topic for discussion, with some claiming everyone should be able to boast a beard and the other side stating your haircut is a direct representation of your discipline. With the coronavirus pandemic closing down many barbershops, the debate is making national news. Just days after the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton announced ... Read More »

The Department of Defense needs to examine their spending options now to prepare for when the coronavirus pandemic has passed. The economy has taken major hits these past couple months, on top of preexisting issues. The higher the deficit, the higher the pressure that goes onto long-term spending. The DOD should be prepared for Congress to pass acts similar to ... Read More »

Recent years have seen an increase in the use of special operations forces by the U.S, with SOF having operated in 141 countries in 2019. As they receive more media attention, the press often refers to them as “elite.” However, this author believes that this implies they are better than someone else, and that someone else is who exactly? Instead, ... Read More »

While every country is being affected by the coronavirus and has subsequentially turned all their efforts inward, the Islamic State has been left to their own devices. Due to the pandemic, training, missions, and deployments have been suspended, leaving the terrorist group to build back up in Iraq. The Iraqi military is too distracted with their own people and disaster ... Read More »

On April 2nd Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced that he was going to fire the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. This came after Crozier had written a letter asking for help aboard his vessel and the coronavirus was sweeping through the sailors, who had very little ability to practice social distancing on the ship. While no ... Read More »