Snowflakes, Buttercups, and... Terrorists? by Larry Usoff Let’s set the scene…you’re having lunch at an outdoor bistro across the street from the Continue Reading
Contemporary Affairs
A Simple Heartfelt “Thank You” from a Ranger Gold Star Mom
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on November 11, 2015, and is updated regularly. _____ It’s been five years and 20 days Continue Reading
Celebrity Deaths Magnify the Silence on Our Nation’s Fallen
Anyone, military or civilian, with connections to the military community, can relate to the feeling. A servicemember tragically passes. We feel the Continue Reading
Don’t Be a Jerk: Veterans, Civility, and “Nationalism” in the Age of Trump
The veteran community understands that we live in troubled times. It’s okay, we can admit it. Just look around you. In the last two years, the Continue Reading
What’s Happening at the U.S.-Mexico border?
This originally appeared in The Havok Journal on December 17, 2019. However, the issues discussed remain just as relevant today. Mexican soldiers Continue Reading
Gun Talk: Fear or Freedom
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 4, 2015, and has been updated. The topic discussed is just as relevant today. Another Continue Reading
Unconventional Investing | Special Forces and Entrepreneurship
Drawn directly from the methods, best practices and lessons learned during 65 years conducting the Unconventional Warfare of U.S. Army Special Forces, Continue Reading
The Fall of Rome: Even the Legions Experienced Toxic Leadership
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM UT: GENERALIS FLAVIUS AETIUS LEGATUS AUGUSTI PRO PRAETORE EX: GENERALIS GNAEL MALLIUS Continue Reading
Remove the Emotion, Start a Conversation
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 4, 2014. Let’s play a game. When you read a media story about anything, and I do mean Continue Reading
Time to Win
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 4, 2015. The article's message of unity is timeless. In 2011, I heard the Sergeant Major of Continue Reading
Unconventional Warfare, Venture Capital Style
The single greatest threat to American interests in all those places around the globe where we put ourselves in harm’s way is the extensive pool of Continue Reading
Leaders: Myth and Reality – A Review
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 21, 2018. When many big names in business, politics, and pop culture sit down to pen a new Continue Reading