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Anything by novelist Frederick Forsyth would be a go-to book for anyone who loves heart-pounding geopolitical intrigue, action-packed spy stories, and/or complex assassination thrillers. His works were powerful because he didn’t just conjure these stories out of thin air. Like many of the great storytellers who came before him, he wrote his real life into his stories. For a fighter pilot, war correspondent, and spy, that makes for some pretty great nail-biters. 
He published some 24 books over a career that spanned more than 50 years.

Is the Defense Department still preparing to fight biological warfare as if it’s 1970?When preparing for biological warfare, most nations picture scenarios in which an enemy openly sprays traditional agents over wide areas to kill their adversaries.  However, revolutionary capabilities in the life sciences and biotechnology have transformed the threat. China’s approach to warfare, combined with these emerging technologies, reveals new vulnerabilities among Western forces that, to date, have not been fully acknowledged. In no small measure, this is due to the U.S.

Ukraine shocked the world (and the Kremlin especially) when it launched a surprise attack with over a hundred kamikaze drones smuggled into Russia and delivered by unwitting Russian truck drivers to locations near sensitive military bases. If Kyiv’s claims are correct, 34 percent of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers were taken out of action.Imagine if something like this happened to the United States. It’s not so far-fetched. We know, for example, that China possesses adapted civilian shipping containers that can house various missiles.

President Donald Trump ordered more California National Guard troops to be placed under federal command on Monday evening. They join more than 2,700 California National Guardsmen and Marines already ordered to protect federal buildings and personnel as protests in Los Angeles County against federal immigration raids continue for the fourth straight day.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend to support #USNORTHCOM mission, prepare to depart for the greater Los Angeles area June 9.Source: @USNorthernCmd | X
CA Governor Gavin Newsom obviously has never served in the military, as he mocks National Guardsman sleeping on the floor in a building.
Anyone who has served, knows that ‘hurry up and wait’ is a right of passage for military members.

For years, leaders across the Defense Department — as well as members of Congress and industry — have criticized the Pentagon’s inability to rapidly procure and integrate new software capabilities. Now, a key DOD official is spearheading an effort to replace outdated acquisition processes with a faster, modernized approach that leans heavily on artificial intelligence.

Canada’s recently elected government is moving to drastically expand and enhance its military’s arsenal of emerging and existing capabilities and strategically diversify defense partnerships to become less reliant on the United States.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a new security investment plan on Monday that proposes an increase of more than $9 billion in military-related funding this fiscal year and would enable the nation to meet the NATO alliance’s 2% defense spending target five years ahead of schedule.

Roughly 700 Marines have been ordered to deploy to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and officials amid mounting immigration protests there,  U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, announced on Monday.
“DoD military personnel on this mission are protecting property and personnel,” Air Force Capt. Mayrem Morales, a NORTHCOM spokesperson, told Task & Purpose. “They are providing support to prevent the destruction or defacement of federal government property, including crowd control and establishment of security perimeters.

The House Armed Services Committee is yet again trying its hand at reforming the Department of Defense’s acquisition system, often derided as too slow and inefficient in getting warfighters the capabilities they need.
The Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery, or SPEED Act, unveiled Monday, seeks several changes to improve how the department fields systems to troops in a faster manner with more relevant technologies.

The highest-ranking transgender officer in the Department of Defense said that the military’s transgender separation policy is going to leave gaps in units as skilled service members are removed from the armed forces.
U.S. Space Force Col. Bree Fram said that as of June 7, she is on administrative leave from the service, pending separation, as a result of the Pentagon’s ban on transgender troops.
She told Task & Purpose Monday that she is at the end of her more than two-decade career in the armed forces.