The Marine Corps' Top Enlisted Leader Believes Lower Pay Will 'Raise Discipline'
The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, believes the Marine Corps' quality of life is so good right now that if the service cuts back, it would actually raise morale."I truly...
View ArticleThe Malaysia Jet Search Has Cost The Pentagon More Than $7 Million
The U.S. military has committed $7.3 million thus far to the search for missing Malaysian Flight 370, with about half of the total spent on an unmanned submersible, Pentagon officials said...
View ArticleNATO Releases Ominous Satellite Images Of Russian Troop Buildup Outside Ukraine
Nato's top military commander in Europe has released a series of satellite images taken by the commercial satellite company Digital Globe, reports Nato Allied Command Operations.The images, which were...
View ArticleUS Interrogator Calls CIA Program 'Stanford Prison Experiment Writ Large'
The CIA's "enhanced interrogation" techniques have come under attack in the wake of a 6,300-page Senate report that documented the agency's use of "black sites" and brutal interrogation techniques.One...
View Article19 Haunting Photos Of Cyprus's Frozen-In-Time Contested Zone
On July 20, 1974, Turkish soldiers invaded the island of Cyprus. The invasion, which the Turks claimed was aimed at protecting Turkish Cypriots from persecution, ended up splitting the island almost...
View ArticleThe British Army Doesn't Want You To Read This Damning Book About Afghanistan
LONDON, UK — Three years ago, the Defense Ministry commissioned a young officer to write a book about British military operations in Helmand Province, the volatile region in Afghanistan that has...
View ArticleBefore-And-After Satellite Photos Show Full Extent Of Russia's Military Buildup
After NATO released a series of ominous satellite pictures of a military buildup, Russia accused NATO of publishing photos from a previous training exercise in 2013.NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied...
View ArticleMAP: The World Is Going Crazy For Armed Drones
The RAND Corporation released a report today detailing what threat the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, may pose.Seventy countries around the world that have...
View ArticleIranian UAV Spotted Over Syria Could Be A Heavily Modified US Drone
New screenshots coming from Syria give a better view of the Shahed 129 spotted over Damascus on April 10.Such photos show that the version used by the Syrian Armed Forces is observably different from...
View ArticleMarines' Top Leader Took So Much Heat After Saying Lower Pay 'Raises...
The Marine Corps' top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, testified before the Senate Armed Services commitee on Wednesday, telling members he truly believed that lower pay for Marines would...
View ArticleThe Navy Just Christened Its Most Futuristic Ship Ever
The U.S. Navy christens the USS Zumwalt on Saturday, a $7 billion stealth destroyer that hosts an incredible array of capabilities not seen in any other ship in the fleet.Built by General Dynamics, the...
View ArticleBritain's Defense Industry Warns About Risks Of Scotting Independence
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's aerospace and defense industries warned on Sunday that the sector could lose its global competitive edge as a result of Scotland's bid for independence, which is due to be...
View ArticleHere's A US Marine Killing A Chicken With His Teeth
This intense photo shows a U.S. Marine killing a chicken with his teeth in the joint-military exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold, an annual military exercise that started in 1982 with joint operations...
View ArticleAnxiety Spreads Through West Point As Military Combat Roles Are Being Slashed
Anxiety is spreading through the class of 2014 at West Point as they are slated to graduate into a military that is rapidly pulling out of military conflicts, The New York Times reports.The military...
View ArticleRussian TV Propagandist Caught Playing Three Different Roles
As the Ukrainian crisis continues to unfold with mounting tensions in the east, Russia has apparently been amping up its propaganda.Unfortunately for Russia, some of its attempts to sway the public are...
View ArticleNorth Korea Branches Out Into Ivory, Fake Cigarette, And Pharmaceutical Trade
North Korea has diversified its business model for earning hard currency, shifting from a reliance on manufacturing drugs and counterfeiting foreign bank notes to smuggling products from endangered...
View ArticleHere's What The $71-Million V-22 Osprey Can Do
The jury is still out on the $71 million Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, even after decades in action.Promotional material for the multi-task aircraft says it combines "the speed of the plane and the hovering...
View ArticleIraq Closes Infamous Abu Ghraib Prison Over Security Fears
Iraq has closed Abu Ghraib prison, made infamous by Saddam Hussein's regime and US forces, due to security concerns following a mass breakout last year, the justice ministry said Tuesday.The country is...
View ArticleBrad Pitt To Star As Gen. Stan McChrystal In Film About Army Officer's...
Brad Pitt will star as Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the film adaptation of Michael Hastings' book"The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan," according to The...
View ArticlePentagon Backs New Scouting Drone Inspired By Dragonflies
The Pentagon is backing Physical Sciences Inc.'s new type of 'backpack' drone, named the InstantEye, which was inspired by the flying prowess of dragonflies, Foreign Policy reports.Physical Sciences...
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