Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably uniform - obstruction and obfuscation, hurdles and hindrances. In short, the good old-fashioned military runaround. — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
It turns out that, if you want to know what the U.S. military is doing in Africa, it's advantageous to be connected to a large engineering or construction firm looking for business. — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era. — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government watchdog agency,… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Without a clear picture of where the military's covert forces are operating and what they are doing, Americans may not even recognize the consequences… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The DoD has never undergone an audit. In 2004, it actually pledged to undergo a full audit by 2007, but that deadline came and… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future. — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
It turns out that, if you want to know what the U.S. military is doing in Africa, it's advantageous to be connected to a… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The Obama presidency has seen the U.S. military's elite tactical forces increasingly used in an attempt to achieve strategic goals. But with Special Operations… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
You don't need a digital David Petraeus or a President Bush avatar to distract you from the truth. You don't need to wait decades… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things - especially when it… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The U.S. has taken an active role in wars from Libya to the Central African Republic, sent special ops forces into countries from Somalia… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The thing that really struck me was how many firms that we think of as strictly civilian had ties to the Pentagon. Companies like… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Secret ops by secret forces have a nasty tendency to produce unintended, unforeseen, and completely disastrous consequences. New Yorkers will remember well the end… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other things, they… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
