Sucks to be Iran this morning; Trump gave them a 60-day notice to negotiate
Israel has attacked Iran, taking out Iran’s nuclear program along with some military leaders and nuclear scientists.
Warfare
The War You Didn’t Know You’re In: Understanding Fifth-Generation Warfare and Unrestricted Warfare
Fifth-Generation Warfare (5GW), a concept recognized in modern U.S. military doctrine. It mirrors, and in some ways overlaps, a Chinese military concept known as Unrestricted Warfare
Where Are Threats Coming From? by George Mcclellan
In case you did not realize, the unintended consequences to US-Russia treaties that may have been shattered because Ukraine, in a demonstrably clever sneak attack, destroyed 42 Russian strategic bombers as they sat exposed on their airfield pads.
Men Must Be Purposeful
The services, despite the efforts of leftists, is dominated by the alpha-male. The Pentagon has rediscovered that fact.
Men of Iron: When Tank Crew Evaluators Rode the Beast
In an era before risk assessments, blast gauges, and traumatic brain injury protocols, Tank Crew Evaluators (TCEs) rode into live-fire gunnery on top of the turret—exposed and often holding on for dear life. It was a different time, a different Army. Some would say it was when tankers were men of iron riding machines of steel.
My poem for PTSD Awareness Month…God bless our military!
The Sentinel There exists a chamber in the garret where all the secrets dwell, slumbering beneath the dusty shrouds meant to conceal them for eternity. The passage, a narrow one, remains barricaded, padlocked and bolted, defended with the strength and stamina, the fervor and fortitude, the power and potency, the brawn and bravado of a …
Commemorating the 81st Anniversary of D-Day with Deployment Cigars
Today marks the 81st anniversary of D-Day, a defining moment in World War II when Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944.
World War III Watch: Britain goes all out neocon
Prussian Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder wrote, “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength,” which is frequently bastardized as “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” I’m old enough to remember when debates in the United States were all about matching the Soviets in …
Casting Lines of Peace: The Story of the Baghdad School of Fly Fishing
In the heart of war-torn Iraq, amidst the chaos of conflict and the austere surroundings of Camp Victory, a remarkable initiative unfolded—one that brought solace, camaraderie, and a touch of home to deployed service members. This is the story of the Baghdad School of Fly Fishing, a testament to the healing power of nature and the resilience of the human spirit.
The Ideological Battleground of Wokeism, Transhumanism, and Putin’s War Against the West
Putin’s positioning of Russia as a counterforce to Western liberal ideologies, as espoused by Dugin, reflects a broader geopolitical narrative of ideological competition and conflict.
Alexander the Great: The Conqueror Who Revolutionized Warfare
Alexander the Great, born in 356 BC in Macedon, was one of the most successful military commanders in history.
World War III Watch: It Could Still Happen if People Get Stupid.
It was only a couple of days ago that the democratic West was buoyed by Ukraine’s deep strikes into Russia. From The Washington Post: Ukraine’s drones disrupt Russia with airport closures, internet blackouts As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined …
Robert Holland’s Memorial Day
When they “Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war” again on our soil, the inheritance of American patriots – Robert Holland, Jesse Bowden, and other Memorial Day kin like GG-Grandfather Henderson, G-Great Uncle Maley, et al. – will be to fight and win for our freedom, family, and faith. To be left alone.
Dead Karl Still Has the Floor: Clausewitz and the Curse of the Field Grade Philosopher
You can’t swing a laminated mission statement at CGSC without hitting a Clausewitz quote. And for good reason: the guy nailed it centuries ago. War isn’t just blowing stuff up—it’s blowing stuff up on purpose
From Panmunjom to Propaganda: How the Korean War Launched 75 Years of Psychological Warfare
When the Korean War ended in 1953, the world saw more than a ceasefire. It witnessed the opening shot in a new kind of war—one not fought with bullets and bombs, but with ideas, fear, confusion, and persuasion.
A Lack Of Rationality
Liberals are getting more unhinged as time progresses. Now they can’t allow America to commemorate the founding of our Army.
The Geometry of Chaos: Why Complexity in War is a Deadly Gamble
War has always been defined by paradox: it is at once simple and impossibly hard. The fundamentals—move, shoot, communicate, sustain—are straightforward on paper.
The Road to Kyiv: NATO, Kosovo, and the Long Shadow of a Broken Promise, Part 3
No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.”
~Carl von Clausewitz
From CW2 Cube to Culture War 2.1: How Matt Bracken’s Theory Evolved into Today’s Fragmented America
In the early 2010s, retired Navy SEAL and political novelist Matt Bracken published a provocative essay titled “CW2 Cube. In it, he proposed a three-dimensional model for understanding how a second American civil war might play out—not along neat geographic lines, but via complex interrelations of race, ideology, and allegiance to government authority.
The U.S. and NATO in the Balkans: America’s Forgotten Chapter of Peacekeeping
The Balkans conflict in the 1990s, particularly the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo, saw the U.S. and NATO engaged in a prolonged and often overlooked peacekeeping mission.