by Dave Patterson | Dec 25, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
War is no respecter of peoples’ aspirations, values, or the days they commemorate. Take Christmas, for example. As we approach the celebration of the birth of Jesus, US service members are deployed away from family and home. Many are in hostile areas under...
by Sarah Cowgill | Nov 8, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
On Nov. 8, 1965, Niles Harris, a 19-year-old kid from Deadwood, SD, fought the battle of his life in Vietnam, his leg shredded with shrapnel, and lived to tell the tale. Another American soldier made sure of his survival, Specialist Fifth Class Lawrence Joel, a medic...
by Liberty Nation Authors | Sep 2, 2023 | Lights, Camera, Action, LN Radio Videocast Segments, Military Affairs, Opinion
Can the US military survive the latest experiment in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? For more episodes, click...
by Dave Patterson | May 17, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Wagner Group is an often-vicious privately owned band of mostly Russian mercenaries with a wide range of military and quasi-military operations located throughout the world. Made up of retired or former special operation soldiers, regular army veterans, and, more...
by Dave Patterson | May 9, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) rated the Pentagon as declining in military readiness in three of four categories. This assessment is a grim forecast – and it isn’t the first. All the while, enormous strategic adversaries challenge the US globally. Last...