Will Dabbs

With the aircraft about 300 feet off the ground, a .30-caliber bullet pierced the bottom of the fuselage, passed through Rollins’ right thigh, and then lodged in the left side of his face.

I obviously wasn’t there, but I can guarantee you that whoever first reached Jessica on that horrible chaotic night had trained their entire professional life for that specific moment.

In this tiny little warrior, we find a story almost too incredible to believe. Soldier, operator, lunatic, or spy, Richard Flaherty took the truth with him to the grave.

Part of the reason our world is so polarized these days is the nature of our modern hot-button issues. When fueled by politicians whose very professional existence is dependent upon chaos and driven by a complicit media the results can sometimes be explosive.

Providing effective defensive systems for rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) is a problem as old as the choppers themselves.

The new SilencerCo Scythe-Ti is arguably the most advanced rifle-caliber sound suppressor in the world. The Scythe-Ti represents a mystical synergistic melding of cutting-edge suppressor design with state-of-the-art materials science.

I’m honestly surprised they didn’t just pass some fresh new tank control laws to guarantee that the Shawn Nelsons of the world could no longer steal tanks. Freaking California…

While CPT Miller is indeed one of the most compelling characters in Saving Private Ryan, the real guy who inspired him is all the more extraordinary. Tom Hanks’ character was based on 24-year-old CPT Ralph Goranson. Born, appropriately enough, on the 4th of July, 1919, CPT Goranson was the commander of C Company, 2d Ranger Battalion.

One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. I admit that simple adjustment of source material does change everything about the narrative.