Political Assassination in the Modern Era: Fiction, Fantasy, and the Facts Behind the Trigger
A Classic Thriller That Still Hits The Target I recently re-read The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel about a political assassination attempt in Europe. It’s an elegant piece of storytelling—meticulous, restrained, and grounded in realism. The assassin, known as “The Jackal,” is not a rough and tough former Special Forces Soldier in […]
More to the Cult of the Special Operator: Guys are just bigger today
Then and Now: A Quiet Professional’s Reflection For decades Special Operators from all branches were for the most part lean and mean. For the current generation the emphasis seems to be on muscle mass. What happened? And why? I joined USMC 2d Force Recon in the late 1970’s. Of course we had a few buffed […]