W. Thomas Smith Jr.
W. Thomas Smith Jr.—a former U.S. Marine rifleman—is a military analyst and partner with NATIONAL DEFENSE CONSULTANTS, LLC. Visit him at <i>uswriter.com
Most Recent Articles by W. Thomas Smith Jr.:
Book Review: Victor Stops the School Bully (2020)
The foundation of “America’s Law Enforcement Agency”
October 31, 2018
Richland County Sheriff’s Dept
Tom Mullikin announces run for U.S. Congress
February 3, 2017
Special Election U.S. Congress for the 5th District of South Carolina
Nationally acclaimed sheriff sworn-in for sixth term
January 5, 2017
Sheriff Leon Lott
Sheriff has built trust from South Carolina to Iraq
November 16, 2016
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott’s unique, effective approaches to policing
Five questions for Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott
July 19, 2016
Richland County is where in his words, “a sense of family trumps political division.”
Battling PTSD on the front end
May 23, 2016
Sheriff’s Dept. in S.C. offers “unique” pre-trauma conditioning program
An Unlikely Damascus Road
December 7, 2015
A Review: From Pearl Harbor to Calvary
National Defense Briefs—October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015
U.S. military and homeland security news updates, trends, definitions, and short commentaries
Medal of Honor Society launches virtual tour of new museum
October 1, 2015
The Medal of Honor--often (somewhat erroneously) referred to as the Congressional Medal of Honor--is America's highest military award for combat valor
National Defense Briefs - June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015
Battle for Tal Abyad, Shortage of U.S. Navy amphibious ships, Unmanned vessel that would be able to seek and destroy enemy diesel submarines
National Defense Briefs - June 18, 2015
June 18, 2015
Accompanying indigenous forces with access to overwhelming airpower is the key to winning
National Defense Briefs
February 6, 2015
US Military budgets and drawdowns
Securing America
January 29, 2015
National Defense Briefs:
Scouting for Boys
October 3, 2013
A review of the just-released reprint of Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell’s 1908 edition
Green Berets to converge on South Carolina in 2014
October 4, 2012
U.S. Army Special Forces Association’s national convention
Quiet Hero: Secrets from my father's past
Foreign law includes not just foreign religious law, but foreign secular law from various countries
Superman’s Medal
October 6, 2010
South Carolina annual Medal of Honor convention
Counterterrorism Team tests “the Sharkman” combat knife
September 14, 2010
U.S. Navy SEAL Commander Richard Marcinko
Royal Laotian parachutists over S.C.
June 29, 2010
WHITE DRAGON TWO: A Royal Laotian Army Commando's Escape from Laos
U.S. Army Ranger Lt. Col. Danny R. McKnight
Hizballah. One of the world’s bloodiest, most-notorious terrorist organizations
QUIET HERO: Secrets from My Father's Past, Ryszard Kossobudzki, a Polish Resistance fighter during World War II
Could Iran strike the continental United States in five years with a nuclear-tipped ICBM?
Nuclear terrorism and proliferation of sensitive nuclear materials and technologies
Poland will Survive this day
April 11, 2010
No nation on earth has struggled, suffered, and sacrificed more (yet survived) for the cause of freedom worldwide – nor been a better friend to America – than Poland
‘Mission first, men always’
March 21, 2010
U.S. Army Res. Lt. Col. Bill Connor
Violence in Iran: What the West Needs to Know
June 28, 2009
Part 1 of a series: Three Questions for Dr. Walid Phares
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al Hariri, Syrian-Iranian-Hizballah operations in Lebanon