Author: Michael

Finn is a squared-away Marine: fit, disciplined, proud. Like many Marines, he takes supplements to train harder and stay in the fight longer. The label on the container the supplements came in, which he didn’t read, listed ipamorelin, CJC-1295, and enclomiphene — alphabet-soup chemicals he couldn’t pronounce.
They are also on a Department of Defense “prohibited ingredients” list that he didn’t know existed.
Weeks after a superior discovered the supplements in his room, Finn was facing separation for “drug abuse.

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The Defense Department’s Blue UAS program maintains an ever-expanding index of commercial drones that are meant to be devoid of components from adversary nations including China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea, and endorsed for speedier purchasing by U.S. military buyers.
This list of compliant options is growing rapidly in late 2025 as the government moves to incentivize the adoption of more affordable U.S.-made drone products for modern military operations, and simultaneously reduce the nation’s reliance on foreign supply chains.

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People who watched “The Manchurian Candidate” will be familiar with the phrase “Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?” Seeing the Queen of Diamonds card triggers a brainwashed sleeper agent to carry out an operation on U.S. soil. This was mimicked in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Hydra code words were used to activate Bucky Barnes’ Winter Soldier programming. In “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” a similar plot element is incorporated using a Soviet radio transmission.

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