Journalist Hollie McKay Profile by David Bruce 2018 was the deadliest year on record for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. At a Continue Reading
Middle East
Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 2: Women’s Rights and Islam
Muslim Veterans Speak Out, Part 2: Women's Rights and Islam by Christopher Paul Meyer This first appeared in The Havok Journal in January Continue Reading
Leaders: Myth and Reality – A Review
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 21, 2018. When many big names in business, politics, and pop culture sit down to pen a new Continue Reading
Afghanistan Serves U.S. Strategic Interests and It’s Time to Stop Pretending It Doesn’t
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 21, 2018. On Monday, U.S. officials met with representatives of the Afghan Taliban in the Continue Reading
The Ranger Way: Earning My Combat Scroll
by James Webb It was my 3rd mission that I bagged my first bad guy. Right out of the bird, I knew we were running up to the top of a hill and just Continue Reading
Help Wanted: Mercenary
After the terrorist attack in Paris, fellow writer Pablo James told you how to join the French Foreign Legion if you really wanted to get into the Continue Reading
Politicians are the New Radical Extremists
I was born in 1981 in a conflict zone in Monrovia, Liberia. My parents fled with my brother and me to Lebanon. Lebanon wasn't any better. I have seen Continue Reading
The Unsung: Military Medical Personnel
by Denise Flores [Editor's Note: Denise wrote the following in 2007 at age 14 based on conversations she had with her mother, a U.S. Army Continue Reading
U.S. – Iran Relations and the “Abu Monroe” Doctrine
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal in October of 2017. It has been republished as the issues discussed are just as relevant Continue Reading
Israel, Palestine, and the False Hope of “CoExistence”
Israel, Palestine, and the False Hope of "Co-Existence" by Mike Kelvington Editor's Note: Former Army Ranger and longtime Havok Journal writer Continue Reading
One Hell of a Ride Back to the FOB
One Hell of a Ride Back to the FOB by Carlos Techera There I was laying on my back in a ditch. Everything flashing before my eyes, in an empty Continue Reading
“Regime Change in Iran: We Can & We Must”
“Regime Change in Iran: We Can & We Must” by Lily Stewart This first appeared in The Havok Journal June 13, 2015. In one sense, Iran is a Continue Reading
