The Havok Journal

• It’s Not Media Bias, It’s Media Advocacy October 15, 2024
  So I saw a little item yesterday morning that claimed Tim Walz said: “I’ve befriended school shooters” at the VP debate last week. I don’t get my back all arched up when I run across a thing like that; no matter where I see it or who it’s about. I can hold off being mad […]
  Michael Bama Katt
• We Must Fundamentally Transform Police Officer Selection October 15, 2024
  These days, in law enforcement, we see the complete decline in qualified candidates to become police officers. There are many factors as to why this is happening. Let’s begin with a look at the selection process. It takes about a year from start to finish to become a police officer. There are background investigations, interviews, […]
  Ayman Kafel
• Democracy is a Living, Fragile Thing October 15, 2024
  As we descend into the depths this current election cycle, it is easy for me to wish that this nightmare was over. November 5th is not far away, but it is likely that our collective agony won’t end there. If the recent past is any indication, the results of the presidential election won’t be known […]
  Frank Pauc
• D.C. Gala highlights interconnected search for truth among veterans, Gold Star family members, volunteers October 14, 2024
  by Beth Bailey [Editor’s Note: This first published in The Havok Journal on October 19, 2023–What, if anything, has changed one year later?] While the rest of the world passed the two-year-anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in relative quiet, on Aug. 29, 2023, the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. was filling up […]
  Special Guest
• You Have Plenty of Ranger School Left in You October 14, 2024
  by Dave Campisano I think we can all agree that Ranger School is the epitome of what it means to suck. 62 days of being tired, hungry, pissed off, and unmotivated. The attrition rate is just around 50% with the most failures in the first 3 days of RAP phase. Graduating Ranger School and earning […]
  Special Guest