By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
The iconic bullwhip and hat used by Indiana Jones. Photo by Gary Stewart / CC BY 3.0. During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recruited a unique group of individuals whose skills went beyond traditional espionage. Among them were American archaeologists, whose expertise in…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
STORE STEPPENWOLF. “Swords from Plowshares, Wolves from Sheep, Eyes Wide Open, We are Not Asleep”. Quote is ours. This drawing is loosely based on Herman Hesse’s book called Steppenwolf where the protagonist Harry Haller goes through a profound crisis during the 1920s and lives away from the public. There are two warring souls fighting within him, one…
Aerial view of Camp Century, Greenland. U,S, Army. During the height of the Cold War, the United States embarked on a top-secret mission known as Project Iceworm. This ambitious project aimed to establish a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites beneath the Greenland ice sheet. The goal was to create a strategic advantage by…
Pexels photo by Kyle Miller. The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.” — Winston Churchill. Gin, a timeless and versatile spirit, has captivated the palates of enthusiasts around the world for centuries. With its origins rooted in the medicinal elixirs of the Middle Ages,…
The swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, armed with two wooden swords, sparring with the old master Tsukahara Bokuden, who defends himself using two wooden pot-lids” by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1845-46 Cropped. There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing…
Russian spy Anna Chapman and an undercover agent meet in a coffee shop in New York, June 26, 2010. Video frame from FBI surveillance video. Federal Bureau of Investigation Operation Ghost Stories was one of the most significant counterintelligence operations in FBI history, targeting a network of Russian sleeper agents operating in the United States. This…
To Unmake The Ruinby Donavon L Riley We twist our longing for God into idols, yet Christ enters our wreckage—not to affirm but to redeem—crafting wholeness from our brokenness and calling us to step into the daring simplicity of being made new. — D. +++ We wander through a wilderness where confusion wears the face…