This year’s Independence Day feels different than in years past. Certainly, it's different than last year when everything was still on COVID lockdown Continue Reading
Defense
The Ranger Way – A “Peer Eval” on Benghazi Survivor Kris Paronto’s Book
by an Army Ranger This article was originally published in June 2017. It is fitting with the upcoming, week-long celebration at Fort Benning, Georgia Continue Reading
Building a Winning Culture: Easy Company, Unit Cohesion & Grit
A group of individuals who came together to become one of the tightest fighting forces in World War II was the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Continue Reading
“Never Forget”: Rising Up to Call Genocide ‘Genocide’
I’ll never forget standing outside the gates of the Mauthausen concentration camp to tour the prison camp at noontime. The tour guards said, “We’re Continue Reading
Why the Islamic State Hates Shrines and Kills Those Who Worship There
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 23, 2019. On 16 February 2017, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device that killed at least Continue Reading
Weaponizing the Influencers: Strategy in a Time of “COVID”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on March 20, 2020. What do you think a year later? What if I told you I could hamstring the world’s top Continue Reading
4 Things to Know About the Way of the World
People think that the world is a complicated place. It's not. What's happening on the world stage makes perfect sense. You just need to understand Continue Reading
The North Korean Problem: “Leadership” by Herd Mentality
It is ironic that political leaders in the United States imagine that negotiations will solve a problem when we have had 60 years of North Korean Continue Reading
Terrorism in America: Kill What You Know
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 28, 2016. The topic discussed remains just as relevant today. Perverting the old writing 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
The Nuclear Option: One Finger from Death
The day starts without the sun. The clock measures time, but gives no understanding. For the watch officer, the seconds stretch like hours. And Continue Reading
Climb a Thousand Mountains, but Screw One Goat: U.S. Military Investigations Explained
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 8, 2015. The topic discussed remains just as relevant today. The tragic events in Kunduz, Continue Reading