Targeting the Taliban By Michael Fowler The simplest and safest way to thwart an enemy’s ability to conduct war is to destroy their supply lines. This is an old and useful tactic from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562) of Babylon. His armies would surround their hapless victims who had taken refuge in forts, cut off...

Why Mexico is Important by ME Leclerc The U.S. must stay engaged with Mexico in the war on drugs Mexico’s potential for fragmentation is a serious threat to US national security however, there is a low level of preoccupation that the phenomenon of OTM (Other than Mexicans) persons and the spillover of drug-related violence into the US. The threat...

Today We Were Rock Stars. We shut the aircraft down and what we saw was 350 plus people ranging in ages from 6 months to old and gray standing silently at a fence watching our every movement. I walked around the nose of my aircraft a mere 150 feet away from this crowd, I gave a...

One of the goal of VAF is insure that the reality of combat, war, and understanding the current enemy is accepted within the academic environment. Departments such as political science and humanities, must include the facts and truths of the world that our armed forces are facing. The video below of Silver Star winner SSgt. Bellavia...

The POLISH GAMBIT – A Losing Move David Ray Bowman Most who watch and comment upon the recent White House Policy shift on the Eastern European Missile Defense Shield plan are focusing on the Iranian angle of things, believing that the biggest threat comes from the Islamic Republic and essentially ignoring the real purpose of the Missile...