by Susan Katz Keating The FBI failed to fully investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and her mishandling of highly classified information while serving as Secretary of State, according to a newly declassified government report. The report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General was released on Monday …
Read More »Little Birds Buzz: Commuting With the 160th SOAR
Here’s one way to get to work without a hassle. Little Birds from the 160th SOAR zip into action. A great way to skip the traffic.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Amid Blood and Chaos, Foreign Powers Exploit Ukraine as a Live-Fire Test Lab
by Susan Katz Keating China and other foreign actors are using Ukraine as a testbed, deploying cut-outs and deniable assets to gather real-time data on drones, intelligence sources told Soldier of Fortune. The grainy figures moved across the screen, creeping through murky terrain like shadows come to life. A blip …
Read More »On Desperate Ground: Mad Dog Platoon and the Battle of OP Nevada
by Susan Katz Keating The Ninth Situation of War, when you must fight without delay, is Desperate Ground – Sun Tzu “Watson. Wake up. Woods. Everyone. Wake the hell up.” The sentinels raced through the lean-to, alerting the team with urgent news: the Taliban were at the wire. Hours earlier, Sgt. …
Read More »The Barely Told Story of America’s Greatest Half-Assed Heroes
by Susan Katz Keating Why did Soviet forces abandon Afghanistan in 1989 after nearly 10 years of war? Western analysts have burned through terabytes trying to explain it. What else besides the fierce Mujahideen drove the Red Army to retreat with nothing to show but shattered pride? Some credit the …
Read More »A Nuclear Blast Would Bring Hell on Earth: Blinding Light, Searing Heat, and Intense Winds
The degree of hazard depends on the type of weapon, height of the burst, distance from the detonation, hardness of the target, and explosive yield of the weapon. by Susan Katz Keating Russian President Vladimir Putin again raised the specter of nuclear war when he announced that a conventional attack …
Read More »Is the US Headed to Civil War? Here’s How to Tell
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating My inbox is overflowing. In the wake of current events, some of my correspondents fear that the U.S. will implode. One reader, “Freaked Out,” writes: “I saw the story about you in The New Yorker magazine, and you talked about riots and civil war. Are we …
Read More »No Kings, No Credit: Lenin’s Old Playbook Gets a Reboot, Without the Byline
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating I’m told that Vladimir Lenin has been spotted racing through American streets with fire in his eyes, trying to make it to the revolution – but they started without him. Poor Vlad. He dragged himself out of the mausoleum, dodged Teslas and taco trucks, only to …
Read More »WATCH: Night Stalkers in Action
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is known as the Night Stalkers. They move at a moment’s notice, arriving time on target, plus or minus 30 seconds. Check out the team in action.
Read More »Built in Silence, Delivered in Fire: Israel’s ‘Rising Lion’ Will be Studied for Years to Come
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating It was designed in the shadows and delivered in fire. Operation Rising Lion is more than a military strike – it’s also a case study in elite-level warfighting, a stunning demonstration of what happens when clandestine missions, surgical airpower, and special operations converge with precision and …
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