Hamas and Israel have reached a ceasefire that will lead to the release of some hostages being held by the terror group, officials announced. “WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. THANK YOU!” President-elect Donald Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. The first …
Read More »Russian Troops Abandoned Wounded Korean Fighter, Launched Artillery to Prevent His Capture, Ukrainian Soldiers Say
Russian forces abandoned a wounded Korean soldier during combat in Kursk, and then tried to prevent Ukrainian troops who captured the man from taking him off the battlefield, according to a Ukrainian soldier involved in the mission. The Ukrainian soldier said the Russian forces launched a barrage of artillery fire …
Read More »Bad Scene at Sunrise: Bodies and Gunfire in the Texas Wilderness
In the remote backcountry, where smugglers and lost souls increasingly are part of the landscape, bad scenes have become as common as stray clouds. by Susan Katz Keating The cowboys were out on the range on a Texas morning, fixing fences that were cut down the previous night by intruders. …
Read More »At War in Iraq, I Faced One Last Incident Before I Went Home
by Greg Chabot The beginning of February 2005 was a busy time in Baqubah. Insurgent activity had picked up considerably, keeping all of us at the Police HQ on our toes. With the end of the deployment coming, I had tried multiple times to extend my tour but was denied. …
Read More »WATCH: When Night Stalkers Come to Call
Night Stalkers put their machines front and center in yet another badass vid from the 160th SOAR. Watch how they do it.
Read More »Is the US Headed to Civil War? Here’s How to Tell
COMMENTARY by Susan Katz Keating My pre-inaugural inbox is overflowing. Now that a contentious campaign season is over, 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 …
Read More »Russia’s New Fibre-Optic Drones Evade Jamming in Ukraine
Russia is using a new drone to try to evade Ukrainian jamming equipment. Rather than being controlled wirelessly, the new drone use miles of fibre-optic cable. The cables unravel as drones fly toward a target. First-person view (FPV) drones are now the biggest killer on the battlefield, and the use …
Read More »As Drones Reshape the War in Ukraine, Older Tactics Remain in Use on the Battlefield
by A.R. Fomenko “There is no day off from war.” VIENNA BUREAU – As drones are making headway for both sides of the war in Ukraine, older style fighting has not left the battlefield. Both Russian and Ukrainian armed forces make this clear especially on video, showing that even when …
Read More »‘Close and Destroy’ by Tom Marshall: A Thrilling Read
BOOK REVIEW by Ric Prado As an avid reader and now a New York Times Bestselling author of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior, I have learned to truly enjoy historical fiction. These are most often stories based on real life experiences, composed to both instruct and …
Read More »In Iraq, We Rolled In to Feed the Village – and Everything Was Oddly Quiet
by Cliff Wade It was the kind of place where a man earned his name on a bracelet for all eternity. Iraq, September 2007 In an attempt to win over hearts and minds, we would sometimes be tasked with delivering humanitarian assistance (HA) to local villages or neighborhoods. We would …
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