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Wes O’Donnell

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As seen in: TED, LinkedIn, Medium, OneZero, Bleacher Report, The Walrus Magazine, RealClear Defense, War is Boring, AMU Edge, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, EDM Digest
Covers:  Military, Veterans, Defense, Addiction, Suicide, Mental health, PTSD, HR, Employment, TV, Film, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship
US Army & USAF Veteran | Juris Doctor | YouTuber | Also, I write about national security on Medium and Substack | Pro-Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸

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Wes O’Donnell’s Biography

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Wes O'Donnell has spoken at the U.S. Air Force Academy, TEDx, the Military Influencer Conference and dozens of corporate clients like Quicken Loans and United Health Group.

Wes is also a journalist for In Cyber Defense Magazine, War is Boring, and Soldier of Fortune Magazine, and has been featured in Bustle and Fatherly. Wes is a veteran of both the US Army and the US Air Force for a total of 8 years of active duty service and has a Juris Doctor, an MBA with a focus on IT management, and a bach…

Wes O’Donnell’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Army is About to Rename 9 Confederate Forts - Here Are the Names

The Army is About to Rename 9 Confederate Forts - Here Are the Names

As a soldier between 1997 and 2003 and an airman between 2003 and 2007, much of my time in the military was s…

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Russia is Now Using Iranian Suicide Drones Against Ukraine

Russia is Now Using Iranian Suicide Drones Against Ukraine

Back in July, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that Iran was preparing to provide Russia with …

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Putin Celebrates Ferris Wheel in Moscow While His Army Surrenders

Putin Celebrates Ferris Wheel in Moscow While His Army Surrenders

After the ribbon-cutting, he honked his red nose and rode off on a tiny bicycle. Try to imagine a U.S. presid…

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The U.S. Sent Ukraine Hundreds of These Death Traps - But It's the Russians Who Might Benefit

The U.S. Sent Ukraine Hundreds of These Death Traps - But It's the Russians Who Might Benefit

Known stateside simply as the "one-one-three" or "track", the M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carri…

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Adding Up Russia's Industrial-Scale War Crimes

Adding Up Russia's Industrial-Scale War Crimes

In the early days of the conflict, when it became obvious how bad the Russian military was at warfighting, it…

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Fact Check: Is North Korea Sending 100K Troops to fight in Eastern Ukraine?

Fact Check: Is North Korea Sending 100K Troops to fight in Eastern Ukraine?

In case you missed it, the internet was abuzz late last week with numerous media outlets reporting that Kim J…

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Articles

Ukraine’s Patriot Problem Solver: The Freyja Interceptor

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By Wes O'Donnell, Wes O’Donnell
| Medium
Ukraine’s Patriot Problem Solver: The Freyja Interceptor Trump just told Ukraine they can license Patriot missiles.
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Can Trump Actually Quit NATO? We May Soon Find Out

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By Wes O’Donnell
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
On April 1, President Donald Trump told the Telegraph he’s “strongly considering” pulling the United States out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, calling the alliance a “paper tiger,” and tying that hostility explicitly to Europe’s refusal to back his ill-conceived war against Iran. Secretary of state Marco Rubio echoed that sentiment when Spain outright refused US military overflights tied to the Iran war.
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Wes O’Donnell | The Walrus

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By Wes O’Donnell
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
The deliberate destruction of Canada’s homegrown fighter jet haunts our standoff with Washington
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writer for the military magazine Warrior Lodge

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes to write my first novel at age 9 in 1986

How is social media changing news?

The news is much more organic now that billions of humans are digitally connected

Awards

Best Drama

2019 - Filmmaking

Best Drama, Special Mention and Official Selection at Oregon Cinema Arts Festival for the short film Memorial Day

TEDX Speaker

2015 - Data Visualization

TED talk on how Data Visualization can save the world

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