The United States Military’s fundamental misunderstanding of how to combat ISIS is costing innocent lives every year. We are NOT fighting a conventional war. You cannot decapitate the Command Structure of a Terrorist Group like ISIS and think you have made the slightest dent in how they operate. To use a popular analogy: How can…
British SAS Have been Operating in Libya
According to a leaked memo written by King Abdullah II, Jordanian troops have operated alongside UK Special Air Service troops in Libya since January. The memo was sent to US lawmakers by King Abdullah to brief them of Jordan’s plans to embed special forces “with British SAS” in Libya. The document also reveals that the…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: Jihad by Migration = Overloading the Immigration System
By Hammerhead Since the great “European Jihad by Migration” began,I started studying the defining characteristics of our enemy. And although some may dismiss these findings, I believe these same types of tactics will and are being used here in the United States. These terrorist know how to use both European and American Immigration and Criminal…
A “Shockingly” Good Decision: MA Stun Gun Ban Reversed
Boy the Supreme Court are on a tear…first the decision at the beginning of the week about the 2A applies to ALL BEARABLE ARMS and now this! All True Patriots Rejoice! -SF Antonin Scalia would have been pleased. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an anti-gun decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and upheld…
Military History: Hitting the Silk – 15 Airborne Ops Carried Out Since WW2
“The advent of the helicopter made large-scale airborne operations largely obsolete. Yet, a number of armies still conducted parachute landings in the Post War era.” AIRBORNE WARFARE REACHED its zenith in 1945 with Operation Varsity — the largest one-day combat parachute drop in military history. The massive March 24 airlift saw 16,000 British and American paratroopers along…
World War II History: Women of the OSS
Dr. Cora Du Bois, American Bad-Ass of the OSS in Southeast Asia As Women’s History Month draws to a close, I wanted to share some insights about one of my favorite scholars at war,anthropologist Dr. Cora Du Bois (1903–1991). During the Second World War, Du Bois served with the Office of Strategic Service (OSS)’s Research…
Military Weapons from the Past: Yugoslav 8mm Chaucat/M1915/26
Reader Mihajlo sent me a couple cool photos of Yugoslav troops with Chauchats converted to 8x57mm. Here’s his commentary: Here’s a picture from WW2 Yugoslavia I’d like to share with you. The guy on the right is holding a Dutch M.20 6,5 mm Lewis gun and the other guy is holding a Yugoslav Chauchat CSRG…
Military News: Hands Off! A Cautionary Tale of a .50 BMG Round and a Idiot Named Joe
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first ran back in August of 2014. As evidenced by the Reservist who recently set off a .50 caliber tracer round by taking a blowtorch to it, it doesn’t look like things have changed much since then. This article is possibly “not safe for work” due to mild language and an…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Changing Logic Behind Suicide Bombings
(Note from Hammerhead: It was just announced that yet another ISIS suicide bomber killed 29 people in a Football Stadium in Baghdad). What was once purely a strategic action has become a tactical move meant to help hold territory. In October 2015, two suicide bombers killed more than 100 people outside a railway station in the Turkish capital…
Profiles in Courage: MARSOC Team Endured Hell to Evacuate Wounded
“We faced what seemed the inevitability of death.” While conducting village stability operations in the Upper Gereshk Valley, of Helmand province Afghanistan, a Marine Special Operations Team with 1st Marine Special Operation Battalion came under heavy fire. The initial volley sparked a gunbattle that would rage for a full two days. On the morning of…