PROUDLY SERVED EXPLAINS

SOURCES & METHODOLOGY

The sources and process behind our intelligence briefs.

OUR INTELLIGENCE SOURCES

How Proudly Served Builds Its Briefs

REPORTING · VERIFICATION · CONTEXT

INTELLIGENCE SOURCE DIRECTORY

The following sources are used across our Middle East, Pacific Rim, Western Hemisphere, Daily Intelligence, Instagram regional, and Global Week in Review workflows. Each brief identifies only the sources actually reviewed and used for that edition.

Official government and military sources

U.S. Central Command — CENTCOM daily releases, statements, and updates
U.S. Northern Command — NORTHCOM
U.S. Southern Command — SOUTHCOM
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command — USINDOPACOM
North American Aerospace Defense Command — NORAD
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Army
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service — DVIDS
U.S. Coast Guard
International Atomic Energy Agency — IAEA
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence intelligence updates
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations — UKMTO
Canadian Department of National Defence
Taiwan Ministry of National Defense
Mexico’s SEDENA and SEMAR
Official Iranian and IRGC reporting
Official Saudi government and Civil Defence reporting
Official Iraqi, Jordanian, and Yemeni reporting
Official Houthi statements — identified specifically as claims
Other relevant government, military, and allied releases based on the theater being covered

Major news agencies

Reuters
Associated Press — AP

Intelligence, defense, and policy analysis

Institute for the Study of War — conflict assessments, tactical updates, and maps
Janes — defense capabilities, equipment, threats, and force posture
The Cipher Brief and its Daily Open Source Report
Intelligence.gov — The Public’s Daily Brief
RANE/Stratfor
Council on Foreign Relations — Daily News Brief
Center for Strategic and International Studies — CSIS

OSINT and event-discovery sources

Liveuamap
World Monitor
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data — ACLED
NASA FIRMS satellite fire detections
Relevant public imagery, tracking tools, and crowdsourced reports

These sources are treated as leads until corroborated.

Monitored commentary channels

The Enforcer — @EnforcerOfficial
S2 Underground — @S2Underground
David Hookstead

These channels are labeled as commentary and are never presented as authoritative evidence.

HOW WE USE AND VERIFY SOURCES

Official and primary sources remain the verification standard. Reuters and AP provide independent reporting. ISW and the other analytical organizations provide attributed context.

CENTCOM operational statements are labeled OFFICIAL CLAIM unless independently corroborated. Official Houthi statements are identified specifically as claims. Attribution identifies who made a statement; it does not independently confirm the event described.

OSINT and event-discovery sources are treated as leads until corroborated. Monitored commentary channels are labeled as commentary and are never presented as authoritative evidence.

Only sources actually reviewed and used in a brief appear on its source slide or in its description.