NATIONAL DEFENSE
The West Must Do Far More to Keep Putin at Bay, Rand Corp.
East China Sea: Dress Rehearsal for Invasion?, Real Clear Defense
Reassessing U.S. Military Deployments in Turkey After the July 2016 Attempted Coup d’Etat, Real Clear Defense
The Unlikely Origins of Russia’s Manifest Destiny, Foreign Policy Magazine
Future Operating Enviroment 2050, Small Wars Journal
HOMELAND SECURITY/TERRORISM
ISIS Followers Flock to Telegram after being Driven from Twitter, Voice of America
Enemies Among Us: What We Know About Homegrown Terrorists, Rand Corp.
Syria’s Terrorist Diaspora, Providence Magazine
MOUNTAIN
Climber Grabs Draw, Skins Finger, rockandice.com
Miranda Oakley Breaks Women’s Solo Speed Record on the Nose, rockandice.com
The Last Unclimbed Wind River, alpinist.com
10 Rams in 12 Years: Lessons in Sheep Hunting, outdoorlife.com
Can Hunters and Non-Hunters Honor Shared Values?, outdoor, petersenshunting.com
AUSTRAL ASPIRATIONS: ALLIE ROOD TALKS SKI MOUNTAINEERING AND LIFE ABROAD IN NEW ZEALAND, backcountrymagazine.com
MILITARY
This is your Brain on War, Task & Purpose
Anatomy Of A V-22 Crash, Aviationweek.com
Apache Gun on New JLTV, Tacticalshit.com
Vet Fraud – $750k and Purple Heart, Washington Post
New Vic’s for SOCOM, army-technology.com
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chicago’s ‘Predictive Policing’ List Isn’t Preventing Violence, The Atlantic
2005-2015, LA Homicides Decreased 42%, Rape Increased 49%, LAPD Crimes & Initiatives 2015
August most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years, Chicago Tribune
US Marshals Arrested 273 Fugitives, per Day, in 2015, US Marshals Service
URBAN FIRE/RESCUE
Fire chief debate: Book smarts vs street smarts, firechief.com
Air Management: Pushing to protect fire service personnel with an air management policy, firefighernation.com
How to create a culture for success and survival in the fire service, firefightingnation.com
WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING
Total heat loss as a predictor of physiological response in wildland firefighter gear, Textile Research Journal
Here’s What It Took to Fight Alberta’s Massive Wildfire, outsideonline.com
Gender and Leadership in Wildland Fire, wilfirelessons.net
Wildand Fire Professional Reading List, fireleadership.gov (BLM)
Disease, fuels and potential fire behavior: Impacts of Sudden Oak Death in two coastal California forest types, Forest and Ecology Management
Mountain Bike Pedal Causes 122 Acre Wildfire in California, dirtmountainbike.com
MOUNTAIN GEAR
10 Outdoor Gear Trends to Watch in 2017, gearjunkie.com
Trends and Innovations at ORSM16: Urban, Fast, Easy and Conscious, Outdoor Industry Association
How Brands Are Reinventing the Direct-to-Consumer Model, Outdoor Industry Assocation
Gear Trends: Performance Apparel, snews outdoor
Can You Sew? Gear Companies Want to Give You a Job, outsideonline.com
2017 Skis of the Year, powder.com
TACTICAL GEAR
Redneck Drives a Duct Taped Car Off a Cliff, fiberfix.com
9mm or .40?, Tactical-Life.com
Hoverboards for the Military?, popsci.com
Female Specific Plate Carrier, soldiersystems.net
MOUNTAIN/TACTICAL FITNESS
Autonomic Response to Tactical Pistol Performance Measured by Heart Rate Variability, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
An Analysis of Firearms Training Performance among Active Law Enforcement Officers in the USA, Police Journal
How Did Colin O’Brady Shatter an Absolutely Insane Endurance and Adventure Record?, outsideonline.com
Inner Strength – Lessons Learned during ACL Recovery – Angel Collinson, powder.com