Morals are a construct. We are not born with them, we learn them based on societal agreed-upon rules. We evaluate our standards against what is Continue Reading
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Flags Over Ramadi
Editor's Note: Some of the fiercest fighting in Iraq took place during the U.S.-led effort centered on seizing, stabilizing, and sustaining Ramadi. Continue Reading
Voices from a Quiet War in Syria
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on October 17, 2019. It is republished so that the "quiet war in Syria" is not Continue Reading
Lessons from Syria Part 2: … but We Can Do Better
In my previous article, Lessons from Syria: Special Forces Does Work, I spoke about how the war against ISIS in Syria largely validated the Special Continue Reading
Lessons from Syria: Special Forces Does Work
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 9, 2019. Special Forces hold a, well, special place in the hearts and minds of the American public. Continue Reading
A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid
by Andy Stumpf In a country that most would struggle to find on a map, in a compound that few possess the courage to enter, men from my previous Continue Reading
Why Do We Even Have a Military?
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 26, 2015. Though some of the particulars addressed are topical, the article's broader Continue Reading
The Justice I Seek Must Come from Our Military Leaders
by Michelle Black, written on September 16, 2021 ______________ Today I awoke to headlines celebrating the killing of an Islamic state leader Continue Reading
A Green Beret “Red Teams” a Terrorist Attack on America (Part 3)
This is the third of a three-part series on this subject. Make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 in order to have a full sense of this Continue Reading
A Green Beret “Red Teams” a Terrorist Attack on America (Part 2)
This is the second of a three-part series. Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 3 in order to have a full sense of this article. _____ Type of Continue Reading
A Green Beret “Red Teams” a Terrorist Attack on America (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a three-part series by former Special Forces soldier Loren Schofield. ____ As a Special Forces Intelligence Sergeant (18 Fox), it is Continue Reading
Years at War, and Now… Russia: How Did We Get Here in the First Place?
by Mike J. Editor's Note: supporting links and documentation appear at the end of this article. This first appeared in The Havok Journal on June 23, Continue Reading