George Riebling is a retired USAF Colonel with 26 years of distinguished service as an Air Battle Manager, including operational assignments across five command and control weapon systems. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism, Radio & Television from the University of Missouri. Following his military career, he spent a decade as a senior executive at NATO and two years with Boeing in strategy and business development, bringing a wealth of experience in defense and national security. Based in St. Louis, George enjoys attending Mizzou sporting events, spending time with his grandson, and playing senior softball. His deep operational knowledge and leadership experience make him a trusted voice on military strategy, defense policy, and security affairs.
Latest by George Riebling
11/6/2025
New USAF Grooming Stands: Goodbye Mustache March?
Mustache March is an annual event occurring, appropriately, in the month of March, where members of the United States Air Force grow mustaches to...
10/29/2025
VP Vance Says Troops Will be Paid on November 1st
While the second-longest government shutdown in US history rages on, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that he believes US military members wi...
10/24/2025
Army Unveils 2026 MRE Flavors: Cuban Beef, Thai Curry
Today’s spoiled military members, who already have 24 different choices for Meals Ready to Eat—or MREs—will get three new choices in 2026, with e...
10/16/2025
SecDef Launches $1B Task Force for Military Barracks
A 2023 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed alarming conditions in some U.S. military housing units, especially for unaccompani...
10/14/2025
Qatari F-15QA Training Squadron Faces Idaho Backlash
On Friday, October 10, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Qatari counterpart, Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, announced that the US will allo...
10/10/2025
Military Pay Uncertain Amid Ongoing Government Shutdown
The government shutdown now enters its tenth day. On Thursday morning, the Senate failed for the seventh time to reopen the government, meaning t...
10/9/2025
Russian Warplanes Intercepted Near Alaska Amid Tensions
My first assignment as USAF Air Battle Manager – they called us Air Weapons Directors back then – was at the Southeast Air Defense Sector (SEADS)...
10/8/2025
Pentagon's New Defense Strategy: Focus on Homeland Security
The Pentagon is currently developing a new National Defense Strategy (NDS) that will refocus its priorities on the US homeland and the Western He...
10/6/2025
Service Academies Add CLT as Third Test Option in 2026
For more than 50 years, applicants to US military academies have had two choices for fulfilling the entrance examination portion of their applica...