We often discuss our admiration for and give praise to military spouses. Rarely does anyone ever discuss the life of a spouse married into the Continue Reading
National Security
Why Do You Keep Saying “Militant” Instead of “Terrorist,” and “Executed” Instead of “Murdered”?
There are many disturbing trends that I have noticed in the aftermath of Hamas' recent terrorist attack against Israel. One of the main ones is the Continue Reading
The Sabbath Day Massacre | The Third Front in America’s Four-Front War
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub In August 2021, America entered the history books as another nation buried in Afghanistan's Graveyard of Continue Reading
Hamas Killed Our People, Too. Americans Need to Remember That.
Hamas killed Americans too. In all of the commotion about "Free Palestine" and "I stand for Israel" going on in our country right now, that seems to Continue Reading
How to Bring a Giant Down | Middle East Narco-Terrorism and U.S. National Security
The United States National Security has traditionally been preoccupied with conventional threats, including nation-states with belligerent foreign Continue Reading
Rebuild Gaza and Israel… But Only With Iran’s Money
When I heard that US President Joe Biden authorized the release of $100 million of US taxpayer money to support "humanitarian relief" in Gaza, I was Continue Reading
The “Why” Behind Potential Terror Attacks in America
The news has been abuzz with discussions and speculations about the presence of Iranian sleeper cells in the United States, with reports appearing on Continue Reading
Borderline: The Latest by Ranger, Actor and Border Patrol Agent Vincent “Rocco” Vargas
Vincent Vargas has been a friend of The Havok Journal since the very beginning of our site. In addition to serving in combat with the 75th Ranger Continue Reading
The U.S. Needs a National Security Strategy, Not Whack-A-Mole
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results -Sir Winston Continue Reading
Thoughts on 11 September: A Special Operations Perspective
by Maj Gen (Ret.) Buck Elton and LTC Mike Kelvington This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 11, 2021. September 11th, 2001 was Continue Reading
Active U.S. Airman Resorts to Evacuating his Afghan Family… Himself
by Mikael Cook When Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Taliban in the summer of 2021, Staff Sergeant Liyaquat Qurbanali, a member of the Continue Reading
Afghanistan: A Woman, Just Like Me
by Kaitlyn Trevathan This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 29, 2021. On Saturday, September 11, 2021, my dad shared a post Continue Reading