Liam Collins

2 months ago | mwi.westpoint.edu | Liam Collins |John Spencer

Almost exactly three years ago, on February 24, 2022, Russian forces launched the invasion of Ukraine that had been anticipated for weeks. The thirty-six months of grinding, attritional war that has occurred since the invasion was not in Russia’s design. The Kremlin sought a rapid victory in the form of an assault on Kyiv that would have served as a coup de main, after which the entire country’s defenses would have crumbled and Russia would have been able to declare victory.

Oct 3, 2024 | mwi.westpoint.edu | Liam Collins |Jayson Geroux |John Spencer

Thirty-one years ago today, at 3:32 PM local time, an assault force boarded helicopters and left an airfield near the Indian Ocean coast in Mogadishu, Somalia. A ground convoy departed the at the same time. The US special operations forces, part of Task Force Ranger, expected to be back within sixty minutes.

Oct 3, 2024 | mwi.westpoint.edu | Liam Collins |Jayson Geroux |John Spencer

Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux, and John Spencer | 10.03.24The Battle of Mogadishu occurred on October 3–4, 1993. Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia, sitting along the coast of the Indian Ocean, and at the time of the battle it had been ravaged by two years of civil war. White-towered mosques were still standing but other buildings and walls were heaps of rubble or pockmarked with bullet holes.

Jun 27, 2023 | local3news.com | Liam Collins

Jun 26, 2023 | local3news.com | Liam Collins