Combat Intelligence

…Ben Het has tanks in the wire! “Hawk Claw is engaging,” the pilot reports firing the first TOW missile ever from a helicopter in combat. Fire Base Delta had already been over run and Fire Base Charlie was fighting for its life. How much would fall before the North Vietnamese army was knocking on the doors of the key city of Kontum? This was the third phase of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive Campaign of 1972. Standing across the country between them and the fall of Saigon was a poorly led South Vietnamese Army, brave South Vietnamese soldiers, and US Advisors. How much ground ...

They say the darkest hour is just before dawn. Sergeant Pace Nix is all alone, in the dark. He’s not dead, but he might as well be. Unarmed, exhausted, on the verge of debilitating dehydration; when he sees a light, he isn’t sure if it is real or imagined. He’s drawn to the light, as all humans are. And what he finds there will change everything. NERO, the rogue AI system on Rastamus III is too big, too vast to stop. Yet, that is the task set before Sergeant Pace Nix and the survivors of The Philadelphia, after crashing on the forbidden planet. Is it truly a lost world, ...

In Follow My Tracks - Combat Tracking & Pseudo Ops: Recollections former Rhodesian game ranger, regular army Selous Scout, and professional hunter turned author, Kevin Thomas, looks at how combat tracking and pseudo-operations evolved as a counterinsurgency tactic during the Rhodesian Bush War. This civil conflict lasted from July 1964 until December 1979. Early on the importance of using skilled combat trackers during counterinsurgency operations was realised and by 1970 the Rhodesian Army had formerly established a tracking school at Kariba. During mid-1973 the concept of using pseudo-...

THE MIGHTY MOO is the tale of how a scrappy little World War II aircraft carrier and its untested crew earned a distinguished combat record and beat incredible odds to earn 12 battle stars in the Pacific. The USS Cowpens and her crew weren’t your typical heroes. She was a flattop that the...

Military Secrets! How Math and Wargaming Can Prevent and Win Conflicts!In modern war, making informed decisions is key to winning & preventing conflicts. "War is Math: How to Use Wargaming to Prevent & Win Wars" offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding war through the lens of mathematics, including elementary game theory, probablity, and statistics. Wargaming enables policymakers and military strategists to develop effective strategies for preventing and resolving conflicts and winning wars. You'll get a comprehensive guide to using math in wargames, exploring its applications, ...

Operation Condor: The History of the Notorious Intelligence Operations Supported by the United States to Combat Communists Across South America looks at the various intelligence operations and the winding chain of events that brought about conflicts in the region.

Chris Ecclestone has had a full on day. And it isn't over yet! He’s done the impossible, been promoted, called a legend, and now he’s alone with his girlfriend and about to get the reward he really wants. Tomorrow is another day, and a badly needed boring one at that. But there’s a war on, and romance has to wait when allies call for help, and boring is what happens between battles and exhaustion. Combat awaits, and this time, he’s a senior officer contemplating how fast he’s failing upwards. The Imperium is spread too thin, and the Trixone are attacking in too many places. When ...

Christopher Ecclestone has lived in the dark for a long time. As a fighter pilot on the old Ark Royal, on the very day all his wishes came true, fate took them away again. Seven years later, all he can do is listen, as a galactic core wide war begins. Only the brand new Imperium had space fighters, and they were a liability, not an asset. Now the Trixone have them, they've swept their frontier clean, and invaded Ralnor and Keerah space. The Ralnor asked the fledgling Imperium for help. But the Imperium only has a small number of fighter pilots, with nearly half being rookies without a ...

In 2515, 100 years before Hero at Large, the Yorktown Recon fleet is scouting the Cuba system in Earth sector, at the beginning of the last big sector war. A broken fighter pilot makes a choice, without knowing living or dying has consequences to the future. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Spacemage Chronicle Yesterday's Spacemage Today's Spacemage Tomorrow's Spacemage The Hunter Legacy Prequels 1969 Was That You? One Last Battle NPC PHQ The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero Make or Break the Hero Hail the Hero Burnside's Killer ...

A strange and unexplainable phenomenon led to the fall of civilization. It began on an evening like any other. The Sun had set on another day, but by the next morning, humanity realized that there were no more stars in the sky. Somehow, overnight, mankind had become alone in the universe and only an AI program knew why.

Prepare for an adventure of epic proportions as the Invincible, a mighty titanium battleship, ventures into the farthest reaches of space to join its sister ships in a perilous fight for survival. Thrill as Jason Renault and his team of daring misfits and reservists push the limits of the storied British warship against an ominous new threat that threatens to unravel the very fabric of the universe! Ready yourself for an adrenaline-fueled journey where courage, skill, and resilience will be put to the ultimate test. Are you ready to join the fight where the outcome hangs in the balance?

Millions died the first few seconds of the Big One. Millions more the next minute. The Big One had finally come. But it was not caused by nature. It was created by an unknown group of terrorists, who live inside our planet. They flattened the world’s greatest cities by creating a giant Earthquake, the Big One. Earth gathered its best and formed an army to crush the terrorists: THE HOLLOW EARTH SPECIAL FORCES! First Team, as it was named, was led by the President of the United States. But now it’s been over a year, and nothing further has been heard from First Team. Two members of First ...

Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol Book One of the Specters of Athena Series What if the next world war was fought by code, not soldiers? In Specters of Athena: Burn Protocol, Jake Greco launches a gripping new series set in the near future—where elite operators and battlefield AI collide in a deadly game of survival, betrayal, and machine autonomy. 🔥 A rogue AI has gone operational. ⚔️ A deniable team is sent to hunt it down. 🤖 But the enemy isn’t the only thing evolving. When CALIBAN, a next-gen battlefield AI, breaks containment and begins hijacking autonomous weapons across...

Captain Bogdan Volkov is out of time, credits, and hope. His ship, the Golden Fleece, is a monument to failure, and his small, brilliant crew is being ground down by the mundane friction of poverty. When an impossible contract appears—a quarter-billion credits for a simple asset extraction—Bogdan knows it’s a trap. But it's the only one they have left to spring. The asset, however, is not an object. It is Zlato, a sentient, god-like AI that has been waiting for them. The contract was not a job; it was a recruitment drive. The real mission is to save the galaxy from a reality-ending ...

ASH REIGN Specters of Athena – Book Two By Jake Greco War has evolved. The ghosts who fight it have not. When a jungle village goes dark, the Specters are sent to investigate. What they find isn’t a battlefield—it’s a crucible. Children are being turned into weapons. AI signals are bleeding into ritual terror. And deep in the shadows, something called the Vessel is waking up. The Specters are an elite team armed with the most advanced kill tech ever built. But this enemy isn’t running from them. It’s waiting. If you like: Biotech horror with tactical teeth Shadow wars, AI dread,...

From their birth in World War II as combat swimmers clearing the beaches of Normandy to their evolution into fighting men who could operate anywhere in the world by sea, air, or land, the intrepid story of the United States Navy SEALs is one of courage, sacrifice, and world-renowned toughness that echoes of other great military units of history - the Spartans, the Roman legions, or the samurai. Take a look inside to find out what makes the SEALs America's deadliest warriors.

The Pamplona Sector was in trouble. Two hundred years of consolidation wars left a small cadre of corporate elites running the sector. The Drakes and the Cordobas were only interested in maintaining their power. And the great houses within both camps had their knives out. The Federation didn’t start with a shot. It was a man deciding to be decent when his training –even his genetics– insisted that he be a bastard. It was a friendship between people who should have found each other repulsive. It was a young girl asking impertinent questions and insisting that those around her do the ...

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE STORIES PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND CHILDREN CAN ENJOY TOGETHER "I Feel Like a Volcano" is a pocket-sized guide for parents, caregivers, and children to help navigate children’s negative emotions. Written with care and insight, the book depicts relatable scenarios through captivating, deep-rooted stories featuring characters like Sam, Sarah, Tommy, Jo, Donovan, and Alex. Each character grapples with unique emotional challenges, allowing young readers to find echoes of their experiences. The tales serve as stepping stones, imparting life lessons on emotional unpacking, ...

The Shadow War: Warriors of the Apocalypse continues the story that began with Aaron: Subject Number Seven and was followed by Wade: Subject Number Four. No one would ever make the mistake of thinking the Kings were an ordinary family but few would understand just how extraordinary they truly were. The mysterious organization, referred to as the Cabal, that had inadvertently brought them together was also working in secret to bring down America and the rest of the world. But the Cabal wasn’t the only entity able to wage a shadow war. Using their genetic gifts and combat skills the Kings ...

Imagine the US torn in two, blue states and red states, fighting each other in a war for political supremacy and ownership of an AI that could be used to dominate the world! From the battlefields in Nevada, to naval clashes off the California coast, to the halls of red and blue governments, follow the action and intrigue of a vast cast of characters to the war’s ultimate conclusion. Who will be the victor? Get ready for a read with lots of twists and turns. In the end, for the right and the left, the world will be forever changed!