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By Armand Moini, MTI Contributor “SNO (Said Named Officer) believes that the harder choice is the correct one because it is difficult. He needs to realize that this is not always the case.”  It took 5 years for this criticism about me from a military peer evaluation to sink in.   In 2020, I was […]

Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy Israel accused of wielding starvation as a weapon of war against Gaza, Al Jazeera People ‘buried alive’ outside Gaza hospital during Israeli raid, Al Jazeera Russian athletes refuse to take part in 2024 Olympic Games, Pravda Report Ukraine to switch to Plan B as US and EU fall far behind […]

By Alex Springer, MTI Contributor In October 2022, following our annual Spartan Super (10km obstacle course race) tradition with my wife and friends, I found myself with an expiring coupon code. I had planned to use the code for my first Spartan Beast (21km); having only run Sprints (5km) and Supers for years, I figured […]

Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza, Al Jazeera Xinjiang: US adds more Chinese officials and companies to sanctions list, South China Morning Post (SCMP) Pentagon Abortion, Transgender Policies Safe, But Diversity Programs Take a Hit in Compromise Defense Bill, military.com Der Spiegel: Unfortunately, Putin was right, Pravda Report Israel […]

Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy Tuberville lifts hold promotions of generals, admirals except four-stars, T&P Air Force identifies 7 more airmen killed in CV-22 Osprey crash, T&P First female active-duty soldier graduates from sniper school, T&P Navy fires head of Amphibious Squadron 5 for ‘loss of confidence’, T&P Greece, Turkey try to reset their relationship […]

By Armand Moini, MTI Contributor Imagine you are on an NFL football team. Imagine that this team considers itself a running team. If you want to be on the team, regardless of the position you play, you’d better enjoy running a lot. Imagine that all the workouts are run by a couple of the players […]

  By Bryan “Yogi” Berletch Brutal is a term thrown around a lot. There are brutal PT sessions, brutal deployments and brutal drill instructors. If there were one thing brutal about the Philippines, I’d say it was the humidity. My buddy Koa and I would wake up around 0500 and catch a water taxi into […]

By Brad Carlson, MTI Contributor 2011. Graveyard shift on patrol. I had been a police officer for 5 years, and had recently made it onto SWAT as a collateral assignment. I was working the south end of town when the triple tone went off alerting that a priority call was about to be dispatched. I […]

Military, National Defense, Foreign Policy DoDEA America’s Chief of Staff Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Georgia, DOD News End of an Era: The Last Class of Marine Scout Snipers, Task & Purpose Marine Infantry veteran says enlisted shouldn’t become officers — mayhem ensues, Task & Purpose The Pentagon is facing hard decisions about […]

By Matt Lensing, MTI Contributor As an instructor at the United States Military Academy at West Point part of my job included assessing and evaluating future Army officers. After three years in the assignment, and my experience as an infantry officer, I felt especially qualified to judge a West Point cadet’s mental toughness during their […]