by Joey Middleton | Mar 31, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
By Dave Philipps Photographs by Kenny Holston David Metcalf’s last act in life was an attempt to send a message — that years as a Navy SEAL had left his brain so damaged that he could barely recognize himself. He died by suicide in his garage in North Carolina...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 25, 2025 | SOF Policy
Executive Summary The 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy made headlines by officially downgrading terrorism as a national security priority in favor of “inter-state strategic competition.” Many interpreted the statement as signifying a return to “conventional...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 25, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
In the 1960s, some analysts and scholars were convinced that the Soviet Union was on a trajectory to overtake the U.S. in industrial production and material satisfaction. In the 1980s, Japan’s efficient manufacturing prowess and high-profile purchases of U.S. real...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 25, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
PRC Maritime Militia leave a harbor in China’s Zhejiang Province, September 2012. By: Doug Livermore, Columnist Photo by: Reuters News Chinese military theory has long valued stratagems focused on undermining the morale of an opposing force. In his penultimate...
