Category: Warfare
“I Prefer Dismissal Over Coffins”
Gen. Randy George, the US Army’s top officer, was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on April 2, 2026, during the ongoing war in Iran. No official reason was given. Two other generals were removed the same day, bringing the total number of senior military leaders fired under Hegseth to over a dozen. George…
The South African Recce “Niemoller Rig”
About the famed ‘Niemoller Rig’ The so-called SADF Recce “Niemoller Rig” or Niemoller webbing belt kit, hailing from the Bush War era, is iconic when it comes to minimalist gear with a maximalist capability. Sterile for deniability and everlasting– intended for use on 200-mile insertions (and 1,200-mile exfiltrations) across inhospitable terrain– it was born…
The Golden Era of African Mercenaries
A Executive Outcomes PMC, holding an AKM and 60mm mortar, poised next to a Soviet AGS-17 Belt-Fed Grenade Launcher while in Angola, mid-1990’s.
On This Day in History 1861: General Robert E. Lee is named General-in-Chief of Confederate Forces
Born to Revolutionary War hero Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee in Stratford Hall, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee seemed destined for military greatness. Despite financial hardship that caused his father to depart to the West Indies, young Robert secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated second in the class of 1829. Two years later,…
Assessing “Cognitive Warfare”
Despite its introduction over a decade ago by the People’s Liberation Army, there is no common understanding of Cognitive Warfare. Nor is there an agreement on the existence of a human or cognitive domain. These concepts compete in a crowded and confusing field centered around information technology and the related information dimension of statecraft….
Lessons Learned from the Battlefield: Close with the Enemy
Lessons Learned from the Battlefield: Close with the Enemy Most hand-to-hand fighting is over who controls the weapons. The Irrigation Ditch The Rangers had been on the ground for less than a minute when small-arms fire cracked from close range. After evacuating two wounded—one with a life-threatening gunshot wound—they began clearing a large grassy…
Resource Library: Seven Pillars of Small War Power
Seven_Pillars_of_Small_War_Power THE WORLD SEEMED to breathe a collective sigh of relief at the end of the long Cold War. That momentous event, however, did not mark the end of global armed conflict. While the number of armed conflicts worldwide has been declining since peaking in the early 1990s, and a conventional war between two…
Young Men, Political Violence is Your Obligation
Young Men, Political Violence is Your Obligation Young Men, We Need a Factory Reset For our entire lives we’ve heard schoolmarms, the media, liberal Christians and other subversives lecturing young men that “violence doesn’t solve problems.” Every time we have a public killing, we are told “political violence isn’t the answer.” Now, anyone who…
Help Solve a Real-Life Mystery: $50,000 Reward Offered to Find Col. Lutz’s Lost 1911
Help Solve a Real-Life Mystery: $50,000 Reward Offered to Find Col. Lutz’s Lost 1911 Palmetto State Armory is calling on patriots, collectors, and history buffs alike to help solve a powerful mystery—and there’s a $50,000 reward on the table for the person who finds the missing piece. This isn’t fiction. This is about Col. Lutz, a Vietnam…