Today’s post is in honor of Cpl. Nathan B. Carse, who was killed by an improvised explosive device on this day in 2011 in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. The 32-year-old native …
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Jairo Sousa. Chandan Tiwari. Juan Javier Ortega-Reyes. These are only three of the 53 members of the media that the “Committee to Protect Journalists” says were killed in 2018. Sousa …
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Taliban, Afghan Opposition Meet in Moscow, Afghan Government Absent
On 5 January, a Taliban delegation held a meeting with Afghan officials in Moscow to discuss their country’s future. “We are exchanging our views. So this is the first step …
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New Mexico Governor Dismisses National Guard from Southern Border Security
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) dispatched a contingent of state troopers to help secure their state’s southern border while National Guard troops safeguarding New Mexico’s border are being about-faced …
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7 February: This Day in Military History
by Chris Carterby Chris CarterToday’s post is in honor of Spc. Allen D. Kokesh Jr. who was died on this day in 2006 from wounds sustained by an improvised explosive device attack on his …
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Weekly Ops Briefing: U.S.-Mexico Border, Somalia, ODNI Report, Afghanistan, INF Treaty, New Aircraft Carriers, Venezuela, ISIS in Syria
We live in a busy world with a lot of information being thrown at you. Don’t feel overwhelmed. OpsLens will give you a weekly briefing on the major stories you …
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First Strike, Counter-Strike, and Striking Out: Notes on Trump Withdrawing from the INF Treaty
by Morgan Deaneby Morgan DeaneA few months ago, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. representative to NATO, suggested that Russia is violating the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and suggested the U.S. and NATO …
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FeaturedThis Day in Military History
6 February: This Day in Military History
by Chris Carterby Chris CarterToday’s post is in honor of Capt. Lucius L. Heiskell, who was lost in a helicopter crash on this day in 1967 in North Vietnam. The 27-year-old Naval Academy graduate …
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I started composing this piece over one month ago, on Christmas Eve. As I have in the past, I got derailed by the sensitive and deeply personal subject matter. Recently, …
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Trooper Lucas B. Dowell, 28, a Virginia State trooper who was shot during a drug raid Monday, has succumbed to his wounds. Dowell was helping the Piedmont Regional Drug and …