By Corey Adwar on June 18, 2015 Although he singlehandedly charged the enemy and protected sensitive U.S. military information, Pfc. Patrick Miller’s heroics were overshadowed and forgotten by a more sensational story. The March 23, 2003, ambush of 507th Maintenance Company in Nasiriyah, Iraq, was both a military and public relations disaster. Of 31 soldiers…
Netflix Pix: The Invisible Front
The story of Freedom Fighter Juozas Luska and his band of partisans fighting the soviets in post-World War II Lithuania is one of the most inspiring and tragic tales of the fight against oppression and communism in the 20th century I have ever read about. You can read about it In his book, Forest Brothers, or…
Fiji Guerrillas
Awesome piece of history…
Taking a Spoon to a Gunfight
David Maxwell April 2, 2014 · in Commentary Taking a Spoon to a Gunfight: The West Dealing with Russian Unconventional and Political Warfare in Former Soviet States As the Russians now try to reach a diplomatic solution in order to consolidate their gains in Crimea – as evidenced by Putin’s call to Obama and SECSTATE’s…
Learning from Insurgent Tactics: Going to Ground
PREPARING FOR WARFARE’S SUBTERRANEAN FUTURE by Benjamin Runkle Amidst the myriad mistakes associated with the Iraq War, perhaps none were as costly in terms of lives of U.S. personnel as the failure to anticipate the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and, subsequently, to rapidly develop technologies capable of detecting and defeating the insurgents’…
Intel Overwatch News Synopsis: 6-16-15
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/15/former-cia-operative-bergdahl-was-high-when-captured-in-afghanistan/?intcmp=latestnews Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was apparently “high” with a small group of Afghan soldiers when they were picked up by nomads in 2009, according to a former CIA operative who was running a network of informants on the ground. CYBER WARS http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/israel-thought-to-be-behind-new-malware-found-by-kaspersky-a-1037960.html Several of the…
Defeating Drones: How to Build a Thermal Evasion Suit
Posted on June 16, 2015 by Brandon Smith This article was written by Brandon Smith and the included video was a joint project between Oath Keepers and Alt-Market Asymmetric tactics rely on the idea of fighting smarter, rather than fighting directly, against a larger or more technologically advanced aggressor. It means turning your opponent’s strengths into…
Top 10 Movie Quotes You Always Wanted To Say In Combat
(Original article can be found on Task and Purpose HERE) I 300 II Apocalypse Now III The Matrix IV Aliens V Independence Day VI Die Hard VII Gladiator VIII Scarface IX Sudden Impact X Predator Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
What If You Could Legally Only Own One Firearm?
Posted on June 15, 2015 By Major Van Harl USAF Ret What If You Could Legally Only Own One Firearm? Major Van Harl USAF Ret Wisconsin –-(Ammoland.com)- “Beware of the man who owns but one gun–for he can shoot it” an old adage implying that a person who is only able to possess one firearm…
Colt: The End of a Legend
Why Cops and Soldiers Fell Out of Love with Colt Guns BY DAVID FRANCIS JUNE 15, 2015 – 1:51 PM DAVID.FRANCIS @DAVIDCFRANCIS Colt guns may have won the West. But they aren’t sufficient for winning modern wars, and now the iconic American weapons maker, which has been making arms since the 19th Century, has filed…