Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst

About Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst

Jim Waurishuk is a retired USAF Colonel, serving nearly 30-years as a career senior intelligence and political-military affairs officer and special mission intelligence officer with expertise in strategic intelligence, international strategic studies and policy, and asymmetric warfare. He served as a special mission intelligence officer assigned to multiple Joint Special Operations units, and with the CIA’s Asymmetric Warfare Task Force, as well as in international and foreign advisory positions. He served as Deputy Director for Intelligence for U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) during the peak years of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism. Waurishuk is a former White House National Security Council staffer and a former Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. He served as a senior advisor to the Commander U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and served as Vice President of the Special Ops-OPSEC. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Hillsborough County (FL) Republican Executive Committee and Party and serves on the Executive Board of the Republican Party of Florida.

U.S. Forces Respond to Iran’s Provocation – Electronically Jamming and Downing Drone

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-07-22T16:14:44-04:00July 22nd, 2019|

In situations such as this incident, and in the previous one last month when the Iranians shot down a U.S. drone⏤in both cases these were

President Trump Moves Strategically to Defuse Crisis at U.S. Southern Border

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-07-16T08:03:22-04:00July 16th, 2019|

President Trump made a strategic move Monday to effectively end asylum for any illegal alien who arrives at the U.S.-Mexico border. Yes the change is

President Trump’s Historic Visit in Contrast to Past Presidents

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-07-01T11:04:25-04:00July 1st, 2019|

Yes, by now, we all know President Trump made history on Sunday by becoming the first sitting U.S. president to cross into North Korea, a

The Real Reason Trump became the first U.S. President to set foot in North Korea

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-30T15:45:02-04:00June 30th, 2019|

Showing determination and resolve, President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting U.S. president in history to set foot in North Korea following his

Are Former Obama Officials Advising Tehran to Defeat Trump’s Iran Strategy?

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-26T12:50:56-04:00June 25th, 2019|

One of the more significant aspects regarding the Iranian Nuclear Deal that many of us former career intelligence officers became aware of during the Obama

Deception, PSYOP, and Cyber – Trump Uses Shrewd Strategy to Counterpunch Iran

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-24T16:17:11-04:00June 24th, 2019|

Once again, when it comes to President Donald Trump, I’ll call it “Genius!” And in this case, as in others, while the President's critics were

Iran’s Shooting Down of a U.S. Spy Drone is Not Justification to Go to War

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-23T16:14:10-04:00June 23rd, 2019|

Going back to at least the beginning of the Cold War, the shooting down of spy aircraft and aerial vehicles has not escalated to military

President Trump Orders Action Against Iran – Strike Called Off With Planes In Air

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-21T08:25:03-04:00June 21st, 2019|

The President approved a military strike against Iran on Thursday⏤with planes in the air and ships in position, the strike was pulled back at the

Iran Fails Miserably in its Attempt to Cover-up Tanker Attack

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-17T12:26:51-04:00June 17th, 2019|

As Iran ups the ante in its propaganda war accuses U.S. of staging attacks on Gulf ships which Washington's claim Tehran is to blame, Iran's

Trump’s Turning of the Tables Creates Insanity, Desperation and Dysfunction within Democrat Party

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-14T14:46:20-04:00June 14th, 2019|

Fellow America Out Loud readers, I’m taking off my “national security and intelligence” hats for a day and putting on my “Political” hat since I

Operation Overlord: The Most Crucial and Dangerous Missions Carried-out by American Forces on D-Day

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-06T20:47:17-04:00June 6th, 2019|

One of the most important aspects that Americans fail to realize and understand along with the magnitude of the critically important combined operations that took

Indictments are Coming for Obama officials who executed the ‘Coup’ Against Trump

By Col Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.), National Security Analyst|2019-06-03T09:41:26-04:00June 3rd, 2019|

Here’s the warning⏤indictments coming for a number of officials who participated and implemented the silent coup against Trump. Those under the Russia investigation will soon