Capture the Flag--and Send a Message to Your Representative

I asked for my flag to be flown on April 19 with the notation: "In tribute to the Citizen Patriots of Lexington and Concord who resiste...

This Day in History: May 1

General Lachlan McIntosh addresses the General Assembly, denouncing Button Gwinnett by calling him a "scoundrel and lying rascal....

Decision To Escalate Missile Strikes In Pakistan Is Splitting The U.S. Government

MQ-9 Reaper UAV US Appears Split Over Missile Strikes In Pakistan -- Reuters WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Obama administration appea...

Pakistan Civil War Updates -- May 1, 2009

Heavy Battles Raging With Taliban in Pakistan -- The New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Heavy fighting raged for a third day in Pakistan’s...

Report Says Small Volume of Arms Imports Has Big Impact On Africa

From Voice Of America: A new report on arms transfers shows that countries in Africa purchased only a fraction of the conventional weapons s...

Al-Qaeda Is Still The Biggest Threat To The West. Iran Is The Most Active State Sponsor Of Terrorism

Al-Qaeda Is Biggest Threat, But Iran Is Main Terror -- AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — Al-Qaeda, using tribal areas of Pakistan, poses the greatest t...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 1, 2009

Blue Angels MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS Pandemic Influenza Watchboard offers DoD-related information on flu outbreak -- Air Force...

US To Limit Guantanamo Releases

U.S. troops enter Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay. AP From The BBC: Between 50 and 100 detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay cannot be rel...

US Keeps Cuba On Terrorism Blacklist

Brothers Raúl and Fidel Castro From AFP: WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States announced Thursday it has retained communist Cuba on a list of...

The Role Of The Armed Forces In Protecting National Security

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Mitzel throws sandbags from an earthen dike to Staff Sgt. Derek Hjelseth while he stands in a Zodiac raft in Far...