Operation Luna: Audacious Espionage During the Space Race
A 1:1 scale model of a Luna 3 satellite at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow. In the early days of the Space Race, the United States Central Intelligence…
DNI 2024 Annual Threat Assessment
The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Annual Threat Assessment, often referred to as the “ATA”, is a comprehensive report that provides an unclassified summary of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s evaluation…
From Countess to Spy: The Story of Krystyna Skarbek
Maquisards (Resistance fighters) in the vicinity of Savournon, Hautes-Alpes in August 1944. SOE agents are second from right, Krystyna Skarbek, third John Roper, fourth, Robert Purvis. Source: Imperial War Museum.…
5.11 Rosser Jacket: A Jacket for All Seasons
5.11 Rosser Jacket is a lightweight, unlined tactical utility jacket. It is constructed of 8.3 oz. 97% cotton/ 3% elastane canvas with an, enzyme wash. Photo courtesy 5.11. Utility jackets…
The FBI’s National Art Crime Team: Guardians of Cultural Heritage
Govaert Flinck, until recently attributed to Rembrandt: Landscape with an Obelisk (1638). Stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston on March 18,1990. The FBI’s National Art Crime Team is…
Operation Halyard: Daring WWII Rescue Mission
Joint US/Chetnik military ceremony in Pranjani September 6, 1944. Capt. Nick Lalich (OSS Halyard Mission), Gen. Dragoljub Mihailovic (Yugoslav Army in the Homeland), and Col. Robert McDowell (OSS Ranger Mission).…
The Battle of Al-Najaf 20th Anniversary
A Soldier looks through binoculars at smoke rising near the Al Najaf cemetery in Iraq on 19 August 2004. The Soldier is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division’s Company A,…
Havana Syndrome: A Russian Link to the Neurological Mystery?
The U.S. flag flaps in the stiff breeze off the Florida Straits at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. U.S. Department of State photo. “Havana Syndrome” is a term that…
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PHLster Flatpack Tourniquet Carrier: Designed for EDC
PHLster Flatpack Tourniquet Carrier is practical way to EDC a CoTCCc-recommended tourniquet. TacMed Solutions SOF Tourniquet is shown flat folded on Flatpack. Although it has been available for close to…
WW2 Ghost Army Receives Congressional Gold Medal
Inflatable dummy Sherman tank of the Ghost Army. U.S. Army photo. On Thursday, March 21, 2024, a long-overdue recognition was bestowed upon a group of World War II veterans known…