For decades, US military posture in the Middle East has been shaped around a single assumption: Iran is a hostile but stable state. That assumption Continue Reading
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The Women Who Searched the Storm
In 2004, the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable), or SOC, deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom Continue Reading
Just Shave or Just Breathe
“Just Shave!” (A compilation from first-person accounts) “I’ve never had the luxury of thinking shaving was no big deal. For me, it starts Continue Reading
The Whiplash Doctrine: America’s Signals in a Hot World
By Calder M. Serba There’s a particular kind of quiet that exists just inside a perimeter fence. Not peace. Not safety. Something thinner than Continue Reading
Because We Can
“We live in a world in which you can talk about international niceties and everything else, but we live in the real world … that is governed by Continue Reading
Hell in Helmand
The following is an excerpt from: Visual Friendlies, Tally Target Volume II: Surges (Chapter 16 – Few Among “The Few”)”; Casemate Publishers (April Continue Reading
Is Community Service Dying? Veterans, Purpose, and the Call to Serve Locally
Editorial Note: My name is Charlie Faint, and I am the owner of The Havok Journal. The author of this article, Matt Trevathan, has been a friend of Continue Reading
Venezuela Shows the World: “You Can Vote Your Way Into Socialism, But You’ll Have To Shoot Your Way Out”
For decades, Venezuela stood as one of Latin America’s most promising democracies. But the story that unfolded over the last quarter-century Continue Reading
Energy Diplomacy | How a Pollution Tariff Could Deliver Results for the United States
By Amy K. Mitchell Energy policy discourse, once regarded only for the most wonkish or ideological among us, is mainstream again. After years of Continue Reading
“What Happens Now?” A Venezuelan’s “Boots on the Ground” Perspective
Editor's Note: In the aftermath of the US capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, many Americans were left with questions. Among those are "why Continue Reading
Congress Will Not Limit Itself so the States Must
Americans across the political spectrum agree on almost nothing anymore—but one idea keeps surviving the culture war unscathed: term limits for Continue Reading
The U.S. Coast Guard Needs a Lifeboat
Convert Offshore Support Vessels into Cutters Editor’s note: Citation superscripts have been removed to align with The Havok Journal’s formatting. Continue Reading