LTC Mark Fitzgerald takes you “Behind the Steel Curtain” to discuss the recent maneuvers in Eagle Pass. This effort is part of @GovAbbott@GregAbbott_TX‘s #OperationLoneStar, putting @TXMilitary and @TxDPS side-by-side to confront criminal activity along the Texas-Mexico border. The #Texas Guard is has been — and continues — to exercise Steel …
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China’s PLA, 2M troops strength, Most Naval Assets, largest Air Force in Pacific
Soldiers conduct sling load operations with a CH-47 Chinook during a training exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea, March 25, 2021. For Contingencies in Indo-Pacom, Army Will Serve as ‘Linchpin’ for Joint Force DEC. 1, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS photos By: Army Spc. Brooke Davis …
Read More »Going for Broke: Do or Die: From a Handful of Hard Men, the SAS and the Battle For Rhodesia Part I
A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia by Hannes Wessels Africa Unathorized With the collapse of colonialism and the European retreat from Africa the then colony of Southern Rhodesia refused to follow the political fashion of the time and succumb quietly. They decided to …
Read More »THE STORY OF THE GREEN BERET
Bob Howard (the most decorated Green Beret) with his Medal of Honor. THE STORY OF THE GREEN BERET The Green Beret was originally designated in 1953 by Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS. Later that year, 1st Lt. Roger Pezelle adopted it as the unofficial headgear …
Read More »THE DOWNFALL OF ARGENTINA
Former President of Argentina, Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner, was indicted over allegations that she oversaw irregularities in the central bank’s sale of U.S. dollars in the futures market during her administration. The transactions in the case involved between $5 billion and $17 billion, according to court papers published by Argentina’s …
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