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Though the talk over whether protection or emergency management should receive fiscal priority has been ongoing for many years, reforms in response to 9/11 changed the whole debate. Following the 9/11 terror attacks, the administration of George W. Bush, with the permission of Congress, defined presidential disaster declaration authority as a national security instrument, thus […]

This Father’s Day, help Dad get what he really wants; a home gym setup that worthy of his warrior status. This article was first published on The News Rep

West Coast-based Navy SEALs participate in an over-the-beach training evolution. SEAL Teams are divided between the East and West Coasts. SEAL Teams One, Three, Five, and Seven are located on the West Coast; SEAL Teams Two, Four, Eight, and Ten are based on the East Coast. The Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), also known […]

An Iranian tanker defied U.S. sanctions and reached Venezuela. The Iranian vessel is the first in a fleet of five tankers that have been sent to help the regime of Nicholas Maduro. The oil ferried by the tankers will provide a much-needed injection in the Venezuelan economy, which has been crippled by U.S. sanctions. On […]

Editor’s note: All content in this article is courtesy of USMC veteran, EMT, and artist Ben Cantwell. Please consider supporting him and the causes he is creating art in support of. What Does Lady Justice of Marine Raiders Represent? She is a warrior, but she is still Lady Justice. She does not require a helmet […]

William “Chief” Carlson came to Delta Force from one of the Green Beret groups around 1995. He was a Siksika warrior from the Blackfeet tribe of Montana. He was man whose reputation preceded him wherever he went in our community; no matter where you were at, there would be guys in your organization who had heard […]

During the Battle of Mogadishu (3-4 October 1993), Task Force Ranger was going after the lieutenants of the Somalian warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed. As the ground force was egressing, an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. This was the spark for a fierce battle that raged for almost a day. By the end of […]

Inconvenient fact: If you peel back the onion and focus on the facts, you will see that the most vocal military veterans on the internet, the ones who scream the loudest, triggered by their own insecurities as they fall into full Budweiser induced retard mode, likely didn’t serve so well. And some didn’t serve at […]

Memorial Day weekend in full swing, COVID-19 coronavirus or not. Veterans groups will be still heading out with some politicians and civic-minded people to pay tribute to those veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice and gave up all of their tomorrows for our today.   Our local Memorial Day preparations for my now former town will […]