
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

10/16/2025
Movin’ On Up! SecWar Announces New Barracks Task Force
A 2023 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed alarming conditions in some U.S. military housing units, especially for unaccompani...

10/14/2025
Backlash Over Announced Qatari Training Facility in Idaho … Why?
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
Gov’t Shutdown Continues … Will Military Be Paid? Will Anyone Receive Backpay?
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
They’re Back … Russian Warplanes Intercepted Near Alaska
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
A New Monroe Doctrine? Pentagon Drafting New National Defense Strategy
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 to Accept an Alternative to ACT and SAT
For more than 50 years, applicants to US military academies have had two choices for fulfilling the entrance examination portion of their applica...

10/3/2025
SecWar Meets With Senior Military Leadership: Announces Major Changes Ahead
On September 30, the same day that President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth briefed a group of DoD senior military personnel, Heg...

10/3/2025
SecWar Meets With Senior Military Leadership: Announces Major Changes Ahead
On September 30, the same day that President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth briefed a group of DoD senior military personnel, Heg...

10/2/2025
Air Force Adds Two-Mile Run to Physical Fitness Test
After decades of taking flak from their Army, Navy, and Marine brethren for the perceived “easiness” of their physical fitness test, Airmen will ...