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About Alex Hollings

Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.

The media loved to hate the F-35 until the F-15X came along

If you type “F-35” into Google, you’ll find tens of thousands of links to stories and posts that either characterize the F-35 program as the future of military aviation or View More ›

The weapons that could change the future: America’s hypersonic missiles could put them back on top

New details have begun to emerge about Lockheed Martin’s two-fold attempt at closing the capability gap presented by new Chinese and Russian hypersonic missile platforms. Hypersonic missiles, or missiles that View More ›

If you think aircraft carriers seem huge from the flight deck, wait until you get a look underneath one

Prior to the introduction of America’s new Ford class of carriers, America’s fleet of Nimitz class vessels held the distinction of being the largest and most technologically advanced aircraft carriers View More ›

Could hypersonic missile technology mean an end to long-range bombers?

America’s bombers have long served as a potent representation of the nation’s economic and engineering prowess. From unleashing massive amounts of ordnance across Europe in B-52s to delivering extremely accurate View More ›

Commercial rocket companies are already changing the ways war will be waged in space

For decades, the United States has launched large, complex and expensive satellites into orbit to better support the war fighting endeavor. These space-based assets were designed to serve their purpose View More ›

A mathematician’s war: How Abraham Wald helped win World War II without ever firing a shot

In telling the stories of war, we have a natural inclination to focus on the action, the drama of the front lines. Heroes, villains, and violence unlike most people have View More ›

Could the B-21 Raider be the answer to the Navy’s anti-ship missile problem?

As the United States Navy works to address looming concerns about the capability gap created by Chinese and Russian hypersonic capable anti-ship missiles, the solution to their problem may actually View More ›

Hornet, then Super Hornet… now Super Duper hornet? Here’s the low down on Block III Super Hornet upgrades

There is no debate that America’s fifth generation fighters, the F-22 and F-35, tend to garner the most publicity, but in terms of operational aircraft, all of the functional Raptors View More ›

War with China could mean ‘hot loading’ F-35Bs in the field without returning to a carrier

Diplomatic tensions between the United States and China have risen throughout the developing trade predicament between leaders, but in the nearby South China Sea, American and Chinese forces have long View More ›

The UFO Question: Big brained monkeys and interstellar hubris

In “The UFO Question (Part 1): NASA, Harvard, and the Pentagon are all taking UFOs seriously now,” we discussed new initiatives aimed at studying the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, as View More ›