OSINT is Getting What it Deserves

Congress authorizes less than one-half of one percent of the intelligence budget for Open Source Intelligence, or OSINT, while OSINT makes up more than twenty percent of the President’s Daily…

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SOAA Team Members Help Evacuate Americans in Gaza

Over the past several years, SOAA has answered the call to get Americans, their families, and our allies out of hostile or contested places. Today, two members of our team…

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Run for Daylight: The McMunn Way

From the “Line of Death” near Libya to Lost Rhino Brewing Co., a brewery in Ashburn, VA, Dave has been confronted with the choice to travel down the expected path…

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A Review of Foreign Operations in the U.S. Information Environment

Joe Mulholland, SOAA member and former skillbridge fellow, former Green Beret, and current student at Georgetown graduate school, on how foreign disinformation and deception effects perceptions:   What are Operations…

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Our Reaction to President Trump’s Inaugural Address

President Donald Trump’s 2025 inaugural address outlined a bold vision for American national security, placing a renewed emphasis on sovereignty, border security, and energy independence. Declaring a national emergency at…

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SOAA Inauguration Breakfast

Over the weekend, we celebrated the transfer of power surrounded by old friends and new. Today, we welcome a new Commander-in-Chief to guide our military and nation forward. A huge…

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SOAA and Lost Rhino Brewing Company Unite for a Worthy Cause

In the heart of Loudoun County, Virginia, a powerful partnership is brewing—literally. We're teaming up with Lost Rhino Brewing Company, a local establishment co-founded by retired Navy Captain, Dave McMunn,…

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SOAA Welcomes Leslie Shedd to Board of Advisors

We are proud to welcome Leslie Shedd to our board of advisors. Leslie has served as a senior advisor to Members of Congress, U.S. Senate and U.S. Presidential candidates, and…

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