Security

The U.S. Marine Corps and partner troops show their stuff in an amphibious assault exercise in September. This annual event, Super Garuda Shield, is, focused on commitment to partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Book review by Tom Squitieri There are some who believe nations of the world have been unfair to Iran, that the nation has been maligned, miscast, and put in a corner for economic and political reasons of others. Reading “Diplomatic Terrorism” should put an end to such perceptions and shed …

Buzzed by the Bear… On Sept. 23, 2024, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, was conducting a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), when a Russian Su-35 air superiority fighter craft conducted …

by Heath Hansen Tim Foley is the founder and leader of Arizona Border Recon (AZBR), a private group that patrols the U.S. Southern border. Members gather intelligence about activity there, and share their findings with federal and local officials. Most of what they encounter involves human trafficking and drug smuggling. …

by Elon Perry The Israeli commandos wrote their farewell letters to be delivered only in the event they were killed on the high-stakes operation. Then they boarded their flights to Uganda, for a rescue raid that stunned the world. Sunday morning, 27 June 1976. An Air France A300 airliner, Flight …

by Susan Katz Keating Skeptics quickly raised questions about the vehicle. “I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Dmitry wrote. “There’s a lithium battery in there, and if it gets depressurized, it will start a fire that can’t be put out.” Ramzan Kadyrov, who leads Russia’s Chechnya region, took to …

by Susan Katz Keating Thirteen years ago today was a horrific event in the annals of Naval Special Warfare. On Aug 6, 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down in Afghanistan. In the process, 30 American military servicemen and a U.S. military working dog were …

FBI Director Christopher Wray faces grilling today by House lawmakers in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.  Watch the hearing, below. Wray’s testimony follows a Monday hearing that led to Kimberly Cheatle resigning from the top slot at the U.S. Secret Service. READ MORE: Oversight Hearing That …

Following intense grilling from both sides of the aisle, Cheatle on Tuesday resigned her position. Congress on Monday held an oversight hearing on the Secret Service, and the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The sole witness was Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. Following intense grilling from both sides …

Smuggler ethics were caught on camera by Texas law enforcement officers – and the images are stunning. In this video, below, a callous smuggler abandons his human cargo, sealed beneath the floorboards of a flatbed rig. Officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety on April 12 tried to stop …