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Operation Market Garden  Comparing BG Gavin’s Leadership With Today’s Principles of Mission Command Douglas Ritter BG James Gavin’s leadership, both in planning and execution, was a significant factor in the success of the 82 nd Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden and his successful leadership was possible due to a mastery of certain Mission Command principles. BG Gavin and his subordinates displayed disciplined initiative and risk acceptance during the execution of Operation Market Garden through their initial actions and during the gap crossings. Furthermore...

General Lloyd Austin Is First Black U.S. Secretary of Defense Jan 27, 2021 By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Retired African American General Lloyd Austin is now in charge of the U.S. Department of Defense. On Friday, Jan. 22, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense pick, making Gen. Austin the first African American to serve in that key strategic federal government leadership role. “I pledge to fight hard to rid our ranks of racists and extremists,” Gen. Austin pronounced during his confirmation...

Will Duque drive Colombia into the ground for real this time? January 27, 2021 The death of Colombia’s defense minister on Tuesday severely disjointed the government of President Ivan Duque, which was already struggling with public security and the coronavirus. Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo was not just the country’s defense minister, but also one of the most senior members of Duque’s far-right Democratic Center (CD) party and a long-time ally of the president’s political patron, former President Alvaro Uribe. Trujillo’s importance Late Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Truji...

Top 10 Evil Cults You May Not Have Heard Of A ‘cult’ is a difficult thing to define. Some will argue that some authoritarian regimes, such as those headed by Stalin and Mao, were like giant, secular cults. There’s some validity to that—the loss of individual autonomy, an expected unwavering support for the leader, harsh punishments for those who seek to leave or expose the egregious actions of the regime. But were they cults? Not in the strictest definition of the term. Others argue that Catholicism, Islam and Mormonism are cults. Whilst these religions may skirt the edges of cult-lik...

The pandemic has taught us all the value of the great outdoors. From lockdown loops to the (relatively) carefree weeks when we escaped to Ireland’s gorgeous mountains, coast and lakes, the wilderness has been a source of comfort, escape and joy in anxious times. We’ve learned how good we feel when we get outside for even a short stroll — how fresh air and a brisk pace can give us a whole new perspective. Science backs it up, too. A study of 20,000 people by the University of Exeter’s European Centre for Environment and Human Health, for example, found those spending just two hours a ...