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Photo Cred – Phlster Instagram Happy Five on Friday, everyone.  Given the recent tragedy in Las Vegas, we tried to include a couple of medical-related links. From Battlefields to our Neighborhoods: A Path to Zero Preventable Deaths Did China Use Water as a Weapon in the Doklam Standoff? The Mistake of Only Comparing US Murder … Read more

Photo cred – OPTactical Instagram/Jake Wanson Happy Five on Friday, folks.  Technology didn’t want to cooperate last week, so we have a couple extra links to make up for it.  Hope you enjoy. Iranian Unconventional Warfare in Yemen Filling the Maritime-Law Enforcement Gap Understanding +P Ammunition How the US Can Counter Threats from DIY Weapons … Read more

Photo Cred – https://www.instagram.com/p/BYv5iOnBoxZ/ See Inside Massive Wildfires with These Stunning Pictures http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/09/california-wildfires-drought/ The West Might Hardly Believe it, But it Now Seems the Syrian War is Ending – and Assad is the Victor http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syrian-war-ending-bashar-al-assad-won-robert-fisk-syria-middle-east-israel-british-troops-a7933966.html How Science Knows When Nations are Testing Nuclear Bombs — Even When They Are Lying http://www.zmescience.com/science/north-korea-bomb-test-04092017/ Brain Drain: The Mere Presence … Read more

Photo Cred – DARC Instagram Happy FoF, everyone.  It’s been an eventful week, so there’s plenty of interesting reading material this week. Sage Dynamics/Aaron Cowan – Report on MRDS for Duty Handgun Use http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/7dc128_c8da57977a8c4b53903192fa603fce6f.pdf Multiple People Injured – Knife Attack in Finland http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4802796/Multiple-people-injured-attack-Finland.html Barcelona attack: 13 killed as van rams crowds in Las Ramblas http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40965581 … Read more

Photo Cred – DARC Instagram NASA Just Dropped A Ton Of Rare Footage Of Blackbirds Doing What They Do Best http://taskandpurpose.com/sr-71-blackbird-rare-video/ You Have Totally Earned This 4-Minute Video Of The Navy Blowing Stuff Up http://taskandpurpose.com/navy-weapons-test-range-video/ North Korea tests another ICBM, putting U.S. cities in range http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN1AD1ZB National Geographic – Among the Ruins of Mosul http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/07/mosul-iraq-ISIS-photographs/ … Read more

Photo cred – Centrifuge Training Instagram Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2017 Report on Russia Military Power http://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/Russia%20Military%20Power%20Report%202017.pdf?ver=2017-06-28-144235-937 The City is the Battlefield of the Future https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-city-is-the-battlefield-of-the-future-1500500905 DEA Warns of “Circle of Hell” in Mexico http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/07/dea-warns-of-circle-of-hell-in-mexico.html Some Beautiful WWII Color Images https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/beautiful-wwii-color-images-of_warbirds.html In Over Their Heads: U.S. Ground Forces Are Dangerously Unprepared for Enemy Drones https://warontherocks.com/2017/05/in-over-their-heads-u-s-ground-forces-are-dangerously-unprepared-for-enemy-drones/  

Apologies for the lack of FoF the last two weeks.  I was either out of town or I had no internet/no power. *************** Why It’s No Longer Possible for Any Country to Win a War http://time.com/4826856/russia-trump-north-korea-china-war/ *************** How to Deal with North Korea http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/06/how-deal-north-korea/138850/ *************** Child Sex Trafficking and Cognitive Dissonance https://www.homelandsecurityus.com/child-sex-trafficking-cognitive-dissonance/ *************** Grounding the … Read more