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Kayla Mueller, a young American aid worker kidnapped and killed by ISIS, became the namesake and moral reason behind the U.S. mission that hunted down al‑Baghdadi, reminding us that her suffering bound her to all Americans and left us with a lasting duty to honor her courage and memory.
Kayla Mueller during a visit to Marrakech, Morocco. Image Credit: Jamal Kassi
Bombing suspected drug boats is a misuse of military power that erodes the rule of law, corrodes trust in the chain of command, and dangerously blurs the line between warfighting and policing.
Brigadier General (Ret.) Donald C. Bolduc, former U.S. Army Special Forces Commander. Image Credit: US Army
After a summer of costly Russian pressure and strained Ukrainian defense, the war now feels less like a contest of maneuver than a slow, punishing struggle in which every kilometer is bought with blood and neither side can yet break the other.
A Ukrainian drone operator sends his quadcopter into a frozen sky, part of the quiet, relentless work that now defines a war measured in endurance rather than breakthroughs. Image Credit: ArmyInform / Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons
Lawmakers split on strike video as global tensions rise from Gaza to New Delhi. Here’s your Friday morning brief, December 5, 2025.
Three of nearly two dozen suspected drug-carrying boats struck by US forces in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September 2. Screenshots.
Bradley denies “kill” order as probes widen, Times sues Pentagon, US allies boost defenses. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
British Defense Minister John Healey shakes hands with Norwegian Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik after signing a defense treaty at 10 Downing Street, London, December 4, 2025. Image Credit: Norwegian MoD.
Soldiers are pushing the M7 through real field conditions, and the rifle is changing fast because the people who carry it refuse to accept anything less than combat ready performance.
Garand Thumb tests the improved M7 in September. Image Credit: Garand Thumb via defenseandaviation.info
If we’re going to call it war when it sells and justice when it burns, then we’re not the good guys, we’re a cartel with better branding and a flag.
The real danger is not the fog of war itself, but leaders who hide behind it when the picture is already clear.
Hegseth scrutiny deepens as Congress probes strike, Houthis free mariners, EU splits on Russia assets. Here’s your Thursday morning brief, December 4, 2025.
F-16C jet crash, Pentagon scrutiny, new sanctions, and rising global security tensions. Here’s what’s making headlines this Wednesday evening.
Out in the world’s forgotten corners, America’s outposts still bet their lives on walls too thin, warnings too late, and the dangerous illusion that lightning never strikes the same place twice.
When media personalities launder authoritarian talking points as edgy contrarianism, they are not engaging in harmless debate; they are teaching a generation to doubt the very idea that their country is worth defending.
We can secure our nation without blanket bans by fixing our vetting, honoring our Afghan allies who bled for us, and working together on practical solutions instead of scoring political points.
Given the choice between strolling into Dante’s burning pine forest under a half-inflated bedsheet or handing out hand towels at the Democratic Convention, I’ll take the trees every time, because at least they’re honest about trying to kill you.
Pentagon scrutiny rises as global tensions flare from Darfur to China and the Koreas. Here’s your Wednesday Morning Brief, December 3, 2025.
Tonight’s brief tracks mounting scrutiny over a controversial US strike in the Caribbean, fresh political and security moves from Washington to the Gulf, and escalating flashpoints from Ukraine to Gaza and Afghanistan.
Armed militias filling the streets of Caracas are more than a show of force; they’re the clearest signal yet that Venezuela is bracing for a storm it can feel long before it sees.
War wasn’t good versus evil anymore; it was a cash-flow problem with a body count, and the only ones who still believed in clean lines were the ones most likely to get erased.
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