Major Samson, an officer at Latchmere House, MI5 Intelligence Centre in World War II. Photo courtesy Imperial War Museums. The newly declassified British Security Service (MI5) World War Two “watcher” advice provides a unique insight into the day-to-day realities of wartime espionage. This guidance, reveled in a wartime booklet in issued to newly recruited MI5…
Three German Silbermöwe-class motorboats, used during the last phase of Operation Jungle. Operation JUNGLE was a daring and clandestine program conducted by the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly referred to as MI6, from 1949 to 1955. It aimed to infiltrate intelligence and resistance agents into Soviet-occupied Poland and the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—to support…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army launched a pilot ride-share access program to improve installation access for over 600,000 military members, their families, retirees and civilians living at six Army installations. Over the next two months, ride-share access will be re-envisioned at Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;…
SAN DIEGO – 25 March 2025 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Belgian Ministry of Defence completed the first flight of a new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that will be the first SkyGuardian delivered to Belgium as part of a four-aircraft purchase. The flight was based out of GA-ASI’s Desert…
Sometimes the mission demands more. Siege the Mission. Siege the Day. Siege Life. CINCINNATI, Ohio (March 27, 2025) – Vertx, a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge tactical and everyday carry (EDC) bags and gear, is breaking new ground with the launch of the Siege Overt EDC bag series—designed for those who demand more from their gear.…
Now Available TMAG 20 AR/M4 GEN M3 The 20 round version of Magpul’s Gen 3 TMAG (Transparent) magazine is now available for order. Chambered in 5.56×45 NATO/.223 Remington, they are molded from a translucent material with an olive drab hue. Featuring ribbed front and rear straps for improved purchase during magazine changes, the sides are…
Sierra Bullets and Barnes Bullets Launch New Websites MONA, Utah – March 26, 2025 – Sierra Bullets and Barnes Bullets are proud to announce the launch of its new websites. Both sites have undergone significant upgrades to enhance functionality and improve user experiences, allowing customers to better access offerings from Sierra Bullets and Barnes Bullets. …
The Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own country. They are a non-Arab ethnic group who live in northern Iraq, western Iran, and southern Turkey. The independent Kurds were a threat to Saddam Hussein, and, in 1988, Hussein embarked on a campaign (Anfal) to exterminate the Kurdish people. This…
Benchmade – SOCP Rescue Tool Part of the SOCP line of knives is the Rescue Tool. Greg Thompson founded the Special Operations Combatives Programs and as part of this effort created the original SOCP knife which is a dagger-style blade used to entice enemy combatants from disengaging on a grapple. The Rescue Tool uses the…
“For in Him we live, and move, and have our being.” — Acts 17:28 The only way to overcome the absurd emptiness of this world is to become truly Christian, trusting in Christ as the one reality deeper than death. —D. + + + The only cure for the absurd lies at its root: we…