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• Explaining Iran’s “These Hands Are Rated E for Everyone” Strategy May 18, 2026
  To most Americans, Iran’s foreign policy often looks less like grand strategy and more like a drunken bar fight. Missiles at Israel. Proxy attacks on U.S. bases. Harassing Saudi Arabia. Backing the Houthis. Threatening the Strait of Hormuz. Launching drones at commercial shipping. Attacking merchant vessels from… …South Korea? Wow. OK. That’s pretty […]
  Charles Faint
• In Leadership, Ego Kills May 18, 2026
  When it comes to podcasts, I am a gluttonous consumer. I have to start with a plug to one of the best law enforcement tactical/leadership podcasts I have ever heard, The Debrief with Jon Becker. I highly recommend it to any officer, especially leadership and tactical officers, veterans, and military personnel. While many of the topics are LE-specific, […]
  Jake Smith
• Weaponizing Wellness: What They Never Taught Us About Recovery May 18, 2026
  By Rob Sweetman, Former Navy SEAL, Sleep Scientist, and Veteran Advocate We trained to be machines—deadly, focused, relentless. We were told to sleep when we’re dead. And most of us took that mindset straight into war. Some of us brought it back home, buried it deep, and kept grinding until the wheels came off. The […]
  Special Guest
• Military Readiness – Seen Thru the Lens of Army Aviation May 17, 2026
  By Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub This first appeared in Darin’s blog and is republished with the author’s permission. The Readiness of America’s Military is Under Internal Attack – the Recent Accidents in Army Aviation, and the Response After, is an Indicator of What Plagues the Entire Military Image credit: author I spent […]
  Special Guest
• Exponential Apathy May 17, 2026
  You could say it’s been an eventful season for our political circus. Emotions have been stirred on all sides for one reason or another. Yet, I feel absolutely nothing. I honestly don’t care anymore about any of it. I have become apathetic to our government as a whole. I see people virtue signaling daily for […]
  Stan Lake