Viet Cong soldier stands beneath carrying his AK-47 rifle. He was participating in the exchange of POWs by the Four Power Joint Military Commission. Photo by SSgt. Herman Kokojan – Defense Visual Information Center. During the Vietnam War, the United States employed various forms of unconventional warfare to undermine enemy operations. Among these clandestine tactics, one of the…
He came home with powder still in his pores,the scent of cordite sunk deep in his marrow.Eyes scorched hollow by muzzle-flash nights,where blood ran quicker than thoughtand names were lost before they were spoken.His sleep is a thicket of cries cut short,a language of bone and grit,spoken once and never forgotten. Now the world wants…
Task Force Dagger Special Operation Foundation (TFDSOF)’s SOF Online Auction & Raffle is open now and closes during the SOF Social held at Cubic’s Embassy Suites Ballroom on May 6th at 8PM EDT. There are more than 150 items on the Auction & Raffle, the list includes a Montana Fly Fishing & Backcountry Adventure…
This is a common scam that can turn your vacation into a nightmare. Imagine you’re enjoying a beautiful day at the beach and decide to rent a jet-ski at what seems like a reasonable price. The friendly vendor offers to hold your passport as a security deposit, and you agree. After half an hour of…
ATHENS, Ala. – April 28, 2025 – SLG2, Inc. is thrilled to announce the addition of DryFireMag as its latest corporate partner for 2025. This partnership showcases SLG2, Inc.’s commitment to providing top-quality products and empowering individuals in shooting sports. Since 2012, DryFireMag has taken firearm training to the next level. DryFireMag is a training…
I still recall my Western Civilization teacher Mr. Archer discussing this concept when I was in the 10th grade. My father discussed it with me, about an the 1963 South Vietnamese coup d’état of President Ngô Đình Diệm and the Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam. They were deposed by a group of CIA-backed…
In 2024, as part of the Army force structure (ARSTRUC) transformation, the Army Chief of Staff identified the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as a transformation in contact (TiC) unit. The Army tasked the brigade with testing new formations through a full training cycle, culminating in a combat training center (CTC)…
Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu by Kanō Tan’yū (1602–1674). Osaka Castle main tower. Cropped. The Iga Revolt, also known as the Tenshō Iga War (天正伊賀の乱), was a defining conflict in 16th-century Japan, pitting the shinobi of Iga Province against the overwhelming forces of Oda Nobunaga. The war, fought in 1579 and 1581, marked the destruction of…
FULDA, GERMANY (30.04.2025) Mehler Protection, a leading provider of advancedballistic protection systems, is set to participate in IDET 2025, the International Defence and Security Technologies Fair, scheduled from May 28 to 30 in Brno, Czech Republic. As one of Central Europe’s premier defence and security exhibitions, IDET offers a platform for industry leaders to present…