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Too Many Generals- Part II of Five Parts

March 11, 2025 by Russ Rodgers

Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the second of five parts, and examines the first of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.

Categories Defense, Government, History, Military, U.S. News/Policy Tags Micromanagement 3 Comments

Facing The Facts In The Ukraine

March 11, 2025 by Mike Thiac

America was willing to go to war with the Soviet during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a military incursion on our border. Is American willing to go to war with Russia over one of its neighbors?

Categories Biden, Congress, Defense, Democrats, Foreign News/Policy, Military, Politics, Republicans, Trump Administration, World News Tags NATO, Putin, Russia, Trump, Ukraine 1 Comment

Too Many Generals- Part I of Five Parts

March 10, 2025 by Russ Rodgers

Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the first of five parts.

Categories Defense, Government, History, Military 1 Comment

Justifying A False Narrative Through A Bad Picture No, Ukraine is not the dam holding back Russia from trying to consume the rest of Europe

March 8, 2025 by Darin Gaub

I was sent this picture a few days ago and asked if it reflected reality geographically or geopolitically. My answer was a simple one to start:

Categories Defense, Foreign News/Policy, Media, Military, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags NATO, Russia, Ukraine 1 Comment

The Fire Within: The Unmeasurable Spirit of a Warrior

March 7, 2025 by David T. Cloft

Some things in life cannot be taught, tested, or quantified. The fire inside a warrior—the relentless drive to push forward when others falter—is one of them.

Categories Culture, Military, Society, U.S. News/Policy Tags Manliness, Warrior Spirit, Warriors 2 Comments

Pete Hegseth Did PT with Special Forces—Cool, But Let’s See Him on the Rifle Range

March 6, 2025 by David T. Cloft

Watching a Defense Secretary actually break a sweat alongside soldiers is refreshing—way better than the usual photo-op of some suited-up bureaucrat awkwardly shaking hands with troops before retreating to a catered lunch.

Categories Defense, Government, Military, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Pete Hegseth, SECDEF 1 Comment

Zelensky and the Art of the Trumpenfreude

March 6, 2025 by Don Surber

Trump has discombobulated the NATO blowhards just as he has done with Democrats. They tried to jail him, bankrupt him and even kill him and failed, failed, failed.

Categories Foreign News/Policy, Military, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Trump, Ukraine, Zelensky 2 Comments

Ukraine Reality

March 5, 2025 by Chuck Klein

It’s not only about peace, saving lives or mineral rights; it’s more about the quid pro quo conceived by Trump’s Art of the Deal – winning by advantageously creating confusion and turmoil for the opposition.

Categories Biden, Foreign News/Policy, Media, Military, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags Putin, Trump, Ukraine, War, Zelensky 3 Comments

Uncle Sam’s Children

March 5, 2025 by Sean Dietrich

I was late for a plane when I saw him. The freckled kid was in uniform. Operational camouflage combat fatigues. Reverse-flag patch on the right shoulder. High and tight haircut.

Categories Americana, Inspiration, Military Tags Military Service, Soldiers 2 Comments

The Military: America’s Favorite Social Experiment Lab

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 by David T. Cloft

While some still believe the military exists for national defense, history tells a different story—it’s actually America’s premier social science laboratory.

Categories Constitution, Culture, Government, Military, Society, Warfare Tags DEI, Woke Military 2 Comments

Trump may have killed NATO, too; Zelensky learned the hard way how useless the organization is

March 4, 2025 by Don Surber

People overlook the fact that Trump’s original job at his family’s business was collecting rent. He never forgot how to evict someone.

Categories Defense, Foreign News/Policy, Media, Military, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags europe, Trump, Ukraine, Zelensky 2 Comments

The Day the Woke Mind Virus Infected the Pentagon: The Great Iraq Unit Patch Censorship

March 3, 2025 by David T. Cloft

In a warzone filled with IEDs, insurgents, and actual life-or-death decisions, the U.S. Department of Defense somehow decided that the real priority in Iraq wasn’t winning battles—it was censoring the anatomically correct genitalia of an ancient Mesopotamian bull

Categories Biden, Military, Politics, U.S. News/Policy Tags Woke Military Leave a comment

Trump’s Reform Of The Military Is Necessary, Right Now: by Colonel Bill Connor US Army (Ret)

February 26, 2025 by American Citizen
Austin Milley

Replacing top flag officers is nothing new in American history. Under FDR, General George C. Marshall fired countless senior officers through his “plucking board” after the German invasion of Poland, prior to US involvement World War II.

Categories Defense, Military, Trump Administration Tags Military, Officer Purge 3 Comments

The Founders’ Vision: How America Drifted from Citizen Defense to a Standing Army

February 24, 2025 by David T. Cloft

The Second Amendment is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented rights in American history.

Categories Constitution, Military, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags Liberty, Second Amendment 8 Comments

Swiss Army Knives And Hammers; One big thing I learned in the TV media market over the last four years

February 20, 2025 by Darin Gaub

I’m a Swiss Army knife, and I always have been. I’ve spent most of my life analyzing and building large-scale operations, sometimes covering continents.

Categories Government, Media, Military, Politics, Press, U.S. News/Policy Leave a comment

DOGE is on a Roll—Time to Clean Up Michigan’s National Guard Funding Mess

February 20, 2025 by David T. Cloft

It’s time for DOGE’s next big project—fixing the tangled, messy, and possibly illegal funding streams running through Michigan’s Army and Air National Guard.

Categories Government, Military, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags DOGE, Military Efficiency, National Guard 1 Comment

A General’s Consensus

February 19, 2025 by Greg Maresca

General Mark Milley called Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the presidential election and again on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after Trump supporters marched on the U.S. Capitol.

Categories Defense, Foreign News/Policy, God, Military, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags Hegseth, Mark Milley, Military, SECDEF 1 Comment

The First Casualty of War: How Freedom, Peace, and Truth Died After 9/11

February 18, 2025 by David T. Cloft

War does not merely take lives on the battlefield—it takes something even more precious. It takes the truth. And when the truth dies, freedom and peace follow.

Categories Foreign News/Policy, Government, Media, Military, Politics, U.S. News/Policy Tags Censorship, Propaganda, War Leave a comment

Why Democrats Hate Hegseth

February 17, 2025 by Don Surber

Democrats may have lost the military. In his first term, the four stars kept Trump from being the actual commander-in-chief blocking him with Milley, Mattis and Marx leading the way.

Categories Constitution, Defense, Democrats, Foreign News/Policy, Government, Military, Politics, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags Hegseth, Military, Woke Military 1 Comment

Woke Generals Will Have a Different Job in Due Time

February 17, 2025 by MG (Ret) Paul E. Vallely

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that he is paying “very close attention” to who is executing the lawful orders from President Donald Trump and that woke generals “will have a different job in due time.”

Categories Defense, Military, U.S. News/Policy, Warfare Tags DOD, Military Purge, Pete Hegseth, Woke Military Leave a comment
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