Cybersecurity Experts: Stop Sending Troops Into Combat With Personal Tablets, Smartphones In the 21st Century, lessons like this are not just for the Military, but for the Civilian Operator as well. As long as we are dependent on tech, exploitation will always be there. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Category: Military History
Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since World War II
Shots in the Dark – Why So Many Western Covert Operations Have Failed Since WW2 A Great read both from a historical point of view and practical, Civilian Operator POV on the RELEVANCE of Guerilla Warfare in the 21st Century. You have to Understand the Lessons of History in order not to repeat the…
Hey Snowflakes, This is what TRUE Courage and Honor Looks Like
Air Force Releases Video Of John Chapman’s Final Heroic Moments That Earned Him The Medal Of Honor United States Air Force Combat Controller Technical Sgt. John Chapman Killed at the Battle of Takur Ghar, Afghanistan, March 4, 2002 while engaging enemy combatants in hand to hand combat. Posthumously awarded The Congressional Medal of…
Espionage Files: The CIA and A Turkish Coup
THE CIA AND A TURKISH COUP (click on link above to be re-directed to source page) All you fellow Intel Historians will enjoy this article. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Guerilla Warfare History: The Spartan “Krypteia”
Sparta’s ‘special operators’ had ruthless training tactics (click on the link above to be re-directed to source page)
World War Two Era Weapons: Clandestine Weapons of the OSS
Clandestine weapons so clandestine, they never were. Thanks OSS! (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) A really interesting read with some awesome links to other articles. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Guerilla Warfare History: 32 Battalion Operations in the South African Border War
32 Battalion Operations in the South African Border War For the Military Historian and Civilian Operator alike, the study of the African Bush Wars are excellent primers on Guerilla Warfare. Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
World War Two History: Piss On Your Enemies! (Literally)
When a Jewish Holocaust survivor ‘pissed’ on Hitler’s henchman (click on above link to be re-directed) I absolutely love finding stories like this about survivors of the Holocaust getting some type of revenge on Nazi’s. So many times the punishment the nazi’s received was not “personal” enough to fit the crime IMO, but here, it…
World War II History: Normandy Tank Museum Selling Off Inventory
For Sale: D-Day Tanks and Equipment (click on above title link to be re-directed to source page) When I read things like this as an historian it makes me a bit sad. These are tangible pieces of American Military history and they belong in a place where the public can enjoy them, and future generations…
The Stark Realities and History of Chemical Warfare
Let’s Be Clear About This — The Syrian Civil War Is a Chemical War (click on above title link to be re-directed to source page) As you read this, consider not only the likelihood American troops will someday have to face this threat en masse, but also that American civilians in the form of Chemical or Biological…