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An excerpt from 'Reign of Terror' by Spencer Ackerman.

The first rule they teach is “don’t get caught.”

"Like many military veterans, Memorial Day is not abstract to me. It is personal; a moment when we remember our friends."

'Unshackled from the intolerant, old boys’ club culture found in the Marine Corps, I have started to feel like I can be myself and contribute in even more meaningful ways'

The best and worst thing about being in the military is that it is all-consuming.

Austin’s forty years in the military represent both the risk of inertia and a real opportunity to address serious issues.

"I couldn’t work legally. I couldn’t get a driver’s license. Worst of all, I was prohibited from defending my country."

U.S. special operations forces are at a breaking point. Here's how to fix them.

The post-9/11 generation is ready to make history.

There will always be that awkward silence that follows, “Yeah, I got out before the wars started."

The Corps has acted as a second land army so many times it’s flipped the dessert with the main course.

Allegations of war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan have been substantiated by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Here's what it means for the future of the country's Special Operations Command

'I am angry and let down that Clint Lorance is feted around like some hero, while the real heroes—Nick Carson, Matt Hanes, James Twist—are ignored'

After Iraq’s liberation when I was just a child, my family had begun aiding the U.S. military. Here's the story of the broken promises that came after

Wait. I need to feel bad about this. At least a little bad. Nope. These people don’t care about their country. I don’t either.

Special Forces needs a refresh.

National Guard Maj. Adam DeMarco explains why he chose to testify before Congress on the precarious position the U.S. military was put in during the June clearing of Lafayette Square — and what it means for civil-military relations

To build stronger special operations teams, leaders at all levels must identify and enforce priorities, focus on health and resilience, and ruthlessly manage operations tempo to provide time for recovery and professional development

Every second he stays in captivity cuts a deeper wound in the hearts of my family, and we can wait no longer.

Editor's note: This article first appeared in 2016 and is being republished for the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist...

"I would go on to serve two deployments to Iraq as a soldier and one deployment to Afghanistan as a civilian advisor, and each time, I would feel the physical manifestation of the grief I felt after losing my brother"

Editor's note: this post first appeared in November, 2016 I can’t remember the exact moment (if there even was one)...

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners

The information in the initial report of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan appears to have been based on human intelligence collected in the field from both cooperative sources and through custodial debriefings of captured Afghan militants

A broader perspective is needed to more fully understand the drivers of conflict and promote lasting security.