Originally posted on Defense.info The Kremlin announced in early October that a new overall theater commander had been appointed to run its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. The new commander of the Russian Ukrainian front is four-star Air Force General Sergei Vladimirovich Surovikin, who is also the commander of the Russian Aerospace...
The War in Ukraine is – justifiably – the biggest news story in the world. Russia is delivering a major shock to the Post-Cold War geo-political system. Why is this happening now and how did it happen? I think it’s important to understand that the ongoing catastrophe in Ukraine is in many ways the product of some twenty-three years of Western...
Today is Veterans Day/Remembrance Day. I’d like to acknowledge the service of my two grandfathers, both of whom saw combat in World War I. My maternal grandfather, John Flood, served as a non-commissioned officer in the British Army through all four years of the Great War. He was gassed twice. My paternal grandfather, John Morra, was a...