Military–industrial complex
Concept in military and political science
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| 2025 | U.S. President Joe Biden warns about a 'tech-industrial complex' in his farewell address, highlighting concerns about misinformation and potential power abuses in the technology sector. |
| November 16 2024 | Betsy North passed away from corticobasal syndrome in McLean, Virginia. |
| March 2024 | Intelligence Online reported an ad circulated by former French special forces soldiers seeking 3000-4000 foreign recruits, backed by Abu Dhabi-based Manar Military Company (MMC), suggesting the UAE's potential establishment of an elite foreign legion. |
| 2023 | Published 'American Gulags: Marxist Tyranny in Higher Education and What to do About It', co-authored with David Goetsch and Archie Jones through Fidelis Books. |
| December 22 2023 | U.S. President Joe Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law. |
| February 2023 | Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signs a decree allowing Gazprom to launch a mercenary army. |
| 2022 | Global military expenses reached $2,240 billion, with the United States spending $837 billion (39% of the total) and China spending $292 billion (13% of the global share). |
| 2022 | Published fiction book 'The Giant Awakes' co-authored with Bob Hamer through Fidelis Books. |
| January 2022 | Wagner Group begins deployment in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting alongside Russian Armed Forces in early 2022. |
| 2020 |
Invention Secrecy Act
Attempts to expand the scope of the Invention Secrecy Act in Congress were unsuccessful, attributed to lobbying from groups like the American Bar Association.
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| 2020 | Published 'Veterans' Lament: Is This the America Our Heroes Fought For?', co-authored with David Goetsch through Fidelis Books. |
| 2019 | Deborah D. Avant and Kara Kingma Neu publish 'The Private Security Events Database' in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, contributing to systematic research on private military companies. |
| 2019 | Published fiction book 'The Rifleman' through Fidelis Books. |
| April 29 2019 | Ended his term as NRA president and was replaced by Carolyn D. Meadows. |
| April 27 2019 | Resigns from NRA presidency amidst a dispute with CEO Wayne LaPierre. |
| April 24 2019 | Asked NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre to resign and formed a committee to investigate alleged financial improprieties within the organization. |
| April 16 2019 | Wrote to the NRA audit committee chairman and secretary calling for an independent audit of billing from the NRA's law firm. |
| February 2019 | FSG signs a preliminary deal with the Chinese government to establish a training base in Kashgar, Xinjiang. |
| November 2018 | FSG incorporates a subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a mandate to extract minerals and timber and conduct financial operations. |
| September 2018 | Began his term as president of the National Rifle Association. |
| May 7 2018 | Announced as the next president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), succeeding Pete Brownell. |
| January 2018 | Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for legislation to 'protect' PMC employees, with Duma member Mikhail Yemelyanov authoring a related bill. |
| 2017 |
Invention Secrecy Act
The Federation of American Scientists reported that 5,784 patents were restricted under Secrecy Orders, with 5,792 unique patents under Secrecy Orders.
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| September 2015 | Prior to September, PMCs were Russia's only pseudo-military presence in Syria. |
| 2014 | Frontier Services Group (FSG), founded by Erik Prince, begins establishing close ties with Chinese state-owned firms, providing security, logistics, and aviation services for Chinese companies across Asia, Africa, and Europe in connection with China's Belt and Road Initiative. |
| 2014 | The Wagner Group emerged after the Slavonic Corps fiasco and was given an instructional role for local Basharite militias in Syria. |
| 2014 | Published fiction book 'Counterfeit Lies' co-authored with Bob Hamer through Threshold Editions. |
| 2014 | Received story credit for an episode of The Americans featuring Soviet spies infiltrating a Contra training base. |
| October 2014 | Two Slavonic Corps recruiters were jailed for violating Article 359, facing three years of imprisonment. |
| 2013 |
Invention Secrecy Act
Beginning of a four-year period where an average of 117 new inventions per year were restricted with Secrecy Orders.
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| 2013 | The Slavonic Corps, contracted by the Assad regime in Syria, experienced significant losses with 100 out of 267 hired fighters perishing in a firefight with ISIS in October. |
| 2013 | Published 'American Heroes: On the Homefront' through Threshold Editions. |
| 2012 | Vladimir Putin suggested to the State Duma to consider legalizing Private Military Companies (PMCs). |
| 2012 | The United States was on pace to deliver more than $46 billion in foreign arms sales. |
| 2012 | Published fiction book 'Heroes Proved' through Threshold Editions. |
| 2012 | Credited as a military consultant in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II and voiced himself in a cutscene. |
| October 2012 | The Moran Security Group (MSG) crew aboard the Myre Seadiver was arrested in Nigeria. |
| 2011 | The United States spent more on its military than the next 13 countries combined. |
| 2010 | Eeben Barlow introduced the Private Military Company (PMC) concept to Russia, presenting at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and to representatives of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. |
| 2010 | Global arms sales declined due to recessionary pressures, but the United States increased its market share to 53 percent of the trade. |
| 2010 | Published 'American Heroes: In Special Operations' through Fidelis Books. |
| January 2010 | Vampire Weekend released their second studio album 'Contra', which used the Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries as a thematic allegory. |
| January 7 2010 | Jennifer K. Elsea from the Congressional Research Service releases a report on 'Legal Issues' surrounding Private Security Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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