Following your dream shouldn’t cost you your life. But for many of the members of First Platoon, that’s exactly what happened. This week marks the seventh anniversary of the Battle of Fallujah. During the battle, I was embedded and fought
by Patrick K. O'Donnell2 Dec 2011, 5:15 PM PST0
This June 13–19, the best golfers in the world will walk the lush green fairways of Bethesda, Maryland’s Congressional Country Club during the 111th U.S. Open. These great athletes are heroes to many, but they aren’t the biggest heroes to
by Patrick K. O'Donnell16 Jun 2011, 4:25 AM PST0
In the dramatic raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, the lines between intelligence and special operations were blurred. CIA operatives and U.S. Navy SEALs worked together to kill bin Laden and gather valuable intelligence on al-Qaida.
by Patrick K. O'Donnell23 May 2011, 6:26 PM PST0
Recent events in China suggest that the country’s leaders are being duplicitous, but that’s really nothing new. When U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in China a couple of weeks ago, he was surprised to see China’s latest alleged
by Patrick K. O'Donnell31 Jan 2011, 1:57 PM PST0
The Korean War lingers on. Until a couple weeks ago, other than historians, few people in the United States know that the two sides of the Korean War never signed a peace treaty. Instead, the war ended with an armistice–a
by Patrick K. O'Donnell19 Dec 2010, 1:02 PM PST0