Soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial troop pull-out, the number of Russian visitors to the war-torn country reached an all-time high. These two items are probably related. According to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), 17,000 Russians went from Russia to Syria in the first half of 2018. That is far more than any other six-month period …

Federal prosecutors recently announced that they would try former Blackwater contractor Nick Slatten for a third time. They allege he was the instigator in a disastrous incident in Iraq that killed 14 civilians and injured 17 others. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered jury selection to begin October 29. Prosecutors plan to streamline this third trial. They predict it should …

Many people assume that the life of a military contractor is a lot like Michael Bay’s Benghazi film 13 Hours. That film probably had more action sequences in two hours than most contractors see in an entire tour. But nevertheless, most contractors do serve in hot spots like Libya. However, other contractors serve in environments nothing at all like Benghazi. …

An Afghanistan contractor is heading home early after video surfaced of him wearing a Kekistan flag patch on his flight helmet. The unidentified MAG Aerospace contractor was training UH-60 helicopter crews and pilots in Kandahar. The camera clearly showed a Kekistan flag on the left side of his helmet. Many white nationalist groups have embraced this emblem, which is a …

The House of Representatives recently approved the Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act on a vote of 377 to 20. The measure would ban burn pits in Afghanistan and elsewhere, while also earmarking $5 million for further study. Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) was one of the bill’s primary co-sponsors. He introduced the legislation in 2017. These pits burned …