Nick Glasgow, Author at Spirit of America

Urgent Need: Spirit of America’s Immediate Response to the Attack on US Army Base in Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Oct 7, 2019 | Africa

Africa October 7, 2019 On Monday (September 30) a US military base in Somalia was attacked by al Shabaab (news reports here and here). Al Shabaab militants attacked with a car bomb followed by ground forces in an attempt to breach and storm the US base. The attack was...

Spirit of America & US Special Operations Soldiers in Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Sep 25, 2019 | Africa

Africa September 25, 2019 Greetings, Al Shabaab is a US-designated terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda based in Somalia. They aim to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia, which they hope will ultimately expand to encompass the whole Horn of...

Urgent need: Help US Special Operations Forces save lives in Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Apr 11, 2019 | Africa

Africa April 11, 2019 I am writing you today to ask for your assistance feeding 800 people in the village of Sabiid, Somalia. The Somali Army, with advice and assistance from US Special Operations Forces, recently liberated Sabiid from the al Qaeda-aligned terrorist...

Detect and disarm: Helping troops dispose of improvised explosive devices

by Nick Glasgow | Jan 7, 2019 | Africa

Africa January 7, 2019 One of the most dangerous tools of modern-day combat is the improvised explosive device (IED). IEDs have proliferated because they are easily made or acquired and placed before killing and maiming indiscriminately. Worse still is how their...

Help US soldiers restore peace to Somalia

by Nick Glasgow | Sep 27, 2018 | Africa

Africa September 27, 2018 Dear supporters, In the face of violent extremist organizations like al Shabaab and ISIS, our troops have made significant progress in helping local partners take back ground held by these terrorist groups in Somalia. One of the biggest...