by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub A nation declines slowly but collapses quickly. Continue Reading
National Security
The Border Security and Visa Overstays Nightmare: A Way Ahead
By MSG Daniel L. Dodds, US Army On 11 September 2001, people all over the world watched as terrorists hijacked multiple planes that resulted in the Continue Reading
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception
On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to Continue Reading
The Top Secret Files: Something Smells Fishy in Massachusetts
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub Public Domain By now most of America has heard about the young, enlisted U.S. Air National Guard member Continue Reading
Groupthink Versus Polythink in National Security Decision-Making
There are two contrasting sides to the brainstorming/group collaboration continuum; groupthink and polythink. Scholars define groupthink theory as a Continue Reading
Far From Familiar Faces: Romanian Human Intelligence Teams during the GWOT
by a former Special Forces Officer “I know that I will be called upon to perform tasks in isolation, far from familiar faces and voices.” -The Continue Reading
One Red Balloon
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub Ninety-nine red balloonsFloating in the summer skyPanic bells, it's red alert!There's something here from Continue Reading
America’s Warrior Diplomats: The Defense Attaché Service
by a former Special Forces Officer “As in all conflicts, success will depend on our ability to adapt…” -David Kilcullen _____________ As Continue Reading
Wield a Big Stick to Speak More Softly and Be Heard More Loudly
Most Americans attribute the contrasting foreign policy and national security strategies between former Presidents Trump and Obama and the current Continue Reading
Narco-Terrorism and the Criminal Insurgency: Mexican Drug Cartels
The arrests of Ovidio Guzmán López, eldest son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, in 2019 and again in January 2023 bring the topic of designating Continue Reading
An Eye in the Sky and Millions on the Ground
A Chinese surveillance balloon has dominated everyone’s news feeds for the last several days, but there is more to this story than is being reported. Continue Reading
The “If” and “When” of Tactical Training
by Scott Cee With the new year starting and people starting to look at their training plans for the year, let's briefly discuss two of the types of Continue Reading