During the Frontlines of Freedom show that played 1-2 Feb 14, I spoke with Billy Vaughn whose son, a Navy SEAL, was killed in a chopper crash in Afghanistan—this is not the crash from Lone Survivor—it’s another one; he wrote an incredibly powerful...
Former Secretary of Defense Gate’s new book is highly controversial—to say the least. I haven’t read it yet, so my comments come from what the media says is in it—I’m focusing on the points they all agree on. Many of these points are of little...
US Morale: Morale among our guys is very high. They not only believe that they are winning, but that they are winning decisively. They are stunned and dismayed by what they see in the American press, whom they almost universally view as against them...
You know, our country is broke—and is still going deeper into debt every day. One thing we have backed out of is our role as international Super Power; we’re no longer the world’s cop. That is a good idea, but our dropping out so quickly does leave...
Bad Guys: 1) Bad guy technology: Simple yet effective. Most communication is by cell and satellite phones and also by email on laptops. They use handheld GPS units for navigation and “Google Earth” for overhead views of our positions...
I’m very, very worried about the state of the US military as we go into 2014. Our military is undergoing a large number of changes, the net result of virtually all of them is to down grade the combat readiness of our military. This means that all...
Bad guy weapons: 1) Mostly AK47’s: The entire country is an arsenal. Works better in the desert than the M16 and the .308 Russian round kills reliably. PKM belt fed light machine guns are also common and effective. Luckily, the enemy mostly...
US Gear: 1) The new body armor: Thumbs up. Relatively light at approx. 6 lbs. and can reliably be expected to soak up small shrapnel and even will stop an AK-47 round. The bad news: Hot as sh-t to wear, almost unbearable in the summer heat (which...
We owe China a lot of money—they own a lot of our national debt. And US businesses are building a lot of new factories over there—for economic reasons. So, we’re sort of becoming allies, right? Uh, no. It seems that we need to prepare for a...
I couldn’t say this as well as the author, so here are his words. 123 Years Of Army-Navy Football By Nicolaus Mills The Army-Navy game December 14 marks the 123rd anniversary of the great football rivalry. The first game, played on a gridiron...