“We've put a high priority on is to conduct a detailed analysis of every [green-on-blue] attack and the background of the shooter. One of the problems that we have is, most of the shooters are killed in the attacks or escape -- over half. But that doesn't stop you still digging into their background using multiple means and actually interviewing the ones that we detain. The way I describe it is a bit like watching for suicide.”
Troops
Afghanistan: “It’s Just Damage Limitation Now”
Briton Ben Anderson is a documentary filmmaker (the BBC, HBO, the Discovery Channel), but he turns to the written word in No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan. The book offers a gritty – and …
Body Armor for Women…At Last
Man in the Sea Memorial Monument?
There is a movement afloat for a monument to honor “all military divers” to be constructed at the Washington Navy Yard, in the District of Columbia.
That’s great! But if this monument is for “all military divers” why …
Trainer Aircraft…With Training Wheels
It was one of the saddest stories Battleland ever did: reporting on the three cadets at the Air Force Academy who died, along with their instructors, in a trio of separate crashes of the T-3 Firefly trainer aircraft from 1995 to …
Fill ‘er Up!
The Downer Side of War
War is hell, and one way to deal with it is to drink your troubles away – even if U.S. troops are barred from consuming alcohol in war zones.
But nothing apparently stops many of them once the troops are back home. A new …
Chow Time
Dust in the Wind
FLASH: Military Officer Actually Fixes Something!
Air Force Major David Castor did two tours in Iraq, basically ensuring everyone could communicate with everyone else. In this recently-posted July interview with the Army’s Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, …
How (Army) Green Was My Valley
A (Former) SEAL Speaks Out…About (Former) SEALs Speaking Out
No Easy Day is different.
SEAL Team Six operators have, until now, always been very tight-lipped about current operations. Yes, there have been revealing books about SEAL Team Six — Rogue Warrior and Inside SEAL Team Six are …
