A veteran C.I.A. officer, a member of the C.I.A.’s paramilitary division, the Special Activities Center, was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, according to current and former U.S. officials, NYT first reported. The Agent, A former Navy’s SEAL, has not yet been identified. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, visits & recognizes …
A U.S. Marine uncases the American flag during a ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez/ UNCASE THE COLORS: 1ST NETWORK BATTALION IS BORN 24 NOV 2020 | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Traditionally, military services hold ceremonies for units being activated, deactivated or changing commanders. The …
Marines attack their objective Nov. 2 during exercise Blue Chromite 15 in the Central Training Area. Blue Chromite demonstrates the Navy and Marine Corps’ expeditionary capabilities from the sea. Marines rode in assault amphibious vehicles in a ship-to-shore assault from the USS Germantown to Oura Wan Beach. After securing their first objective Marines advanced inland …
By Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown, U.S. Army Reserve retired This article first appeared in the June 2019 issue of ARMY magazine and is reprinted with permission. Uncommon Valor: The Recon Company that Earned Five Medals of Honor and Include America’s Most Decorated Green Beret. No book is more aptly titled than Uncommon Valor: The Recon …
52 years ago today the Air Force’s 20th SOS, the renowned Green Hornets, saved SOG Recon Team Idaho from being wiped out by NVA divisions in Cambodia during the eight-year secret war. The mission for the six-man recon team was to find three missing NVA divisions. The team located two and were being pursued by …
Learn how the 1962 Geneva Accord on the neutrality of Laos prevented the United States from effectively fighting the Vietnam War, spelling the U.S. defeat in 1962, several years before committing combat troops. To download Paul T. Carter’s free books and articles, visit https://chula.academia.edu/PCarter
What a Biden Administration Means for Border Security by Chris Farrell for Gladstone Institute A Biden administration means two dramatic and dangerous reversals on Trump policies that will endanger the American public: 1. Termination of President Trump’s signature 2016 campaign issue — The Wall; and 2. Loosening of immigration restrictions. “There will not be another foot …
Lawsuit against City of Minneapolis for not having enough police officers moves forward Posted by: Gregory Hoyt Lawenforcement Today A lawsuit brought against the City of Minneapolis by a group of citizens concerned about police being understaffed is reportedly moving forward. The lawsuit is coming from a group coined as the Minneapolis 8, who allege that the city’s lack …