Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT you can hear me on the Scott Helmer Radio Show. Since 2012 Scott Helmer’s concerts have helped raise more than $2 Million Dollars for good causes across America ranging from military veterans and their…Read More…
My interview with Counterterrorism magazine came out recently
I was recently interviewed by Paul Davis, for Conterterrorism Magazine (and even made the cover!). Click here to visit Paul’s Blog to read the entire article.
General McMaster as NSA
I’ve been getting a few pulses on the site regarding General McMaster and his fitness for the National Security Advisor position. I first met the General in Ramadi when I was there in 2006—he was a colonel then and a very impressive guy. He was…Read More…
The Boat Guys
Amid all that’s been written about our special operations components in general, and Navy SEALs in particular, there is one group of special operators that gets far less attention than they deserve. Or perhaps it just seems that way as SEALs, Green Berets, Rangers,…Read More…
A Most Troubling Perspective
Those of us with close ties to the Special Operations community, and this author counts himself in that number, are digesting an article by Matthew Cole in the online, investigative journal, The Intercept. The article details extensive inappropriate conduct on the part of Navy…Read More…
Special Operators in Transition
Since 9/11, our special operations forces have doubled in size, tripled their budget, and dramatically ramped up their deployment rotations. All this means we have a great many more SOF warriors overseas and in harm’s way. And over time, a great many of them…Read More…
Bravo Zulu (Navy speak for well done) Dr. Wally Grand—44 Years Ago
In October of 1972, Major Walter Grand, U.S. Air Force, was summoned to the Clark Air Force Base (the Philippines) Hospital. A Navy SEAL with a seemingly-mortal head wound was inbound from Vietnam. At the time, Grand was the only military neurosurgeon in Southeast…Read More…