ISIS Is Having An Alarmingly Easy Time Recruiting Fighters In Turkey
A startling number of recruits for ISIS come from neighboring Turkey, according to a report by Ceylan Yengisu of The New York Times."As many as 1,000 Turks have joined ISIS, according to Turkish news...
View ArticleA Russian Factory Gave A Fighter Jet To A Moscow Religious Leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was presented with an unlikely gift for a religious leader this week as he toured a factory in Russia's far-east: a...
View ArticleFBI: US Airstrikes Boost ISIS And The Group May Take More Hostages
Support for Islamic State increased after U.S. airstrikes began in Iraq and the militant group may take more hostages to try to force concessions from Washington, the FBI director told Congress on...
View ArticleHere's Why So Many Americans Try To Sneak Into North Korea
One shouted about God's love as he crossed a frozen river, clutching a Bible. Another swam, drunk and naked. Several US soldiers dashed around land mines.Time and again, Americans over the years have...
View ArticleChinese Military Professor: Maritime Disputes Will Lead To World War III
A professor at one of China’s military universities, the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University, believes that a third World War is a possibility, and that China needs to be prepared for...
View ArticleSenate Probe: China Hacked US Computer Systems Involved With American...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers associated with the Chinese government have repeatedly breached the computer systems of U.S. companies, including airlines and technology firms, that are involved in the...
View ArticleTop US General Says Half Of Iraq's Army Is Basically Useless Against ISIS
Several years and $25 billion later, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey says that nearly half of the Iraqi army is too heavily populated with Shiite fighters to credibly confront...
View ArticleThis Paragraph Sums Up America's Biggest Problem In Iraq
"Once a leading killer of American troops, the militia is spearheading the fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State, also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL. That means Asaib Ahl al-Haq...
View ArticleAn Inside Look At The US Forest Service's Incredible Fire-Fighting Tanker Planes
Located on the former grounds of Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino International Airport, to the east of Los Angeles, is now home to the U.S. Forest Service Tanker.The Airtanker base is the...
View ArticleThe Air Force Will Stop Requiring Troops Say 'So Help Me God' To Enlist
The US Air Force is backing off its requirement that airmen say "so help me God" in their enlistment oath following a challenge from an atheist sergeant who refused to recite the phrase.“We take any...
View ArticleAn Amazing Look Inside The US Air Force's Headquarters In Europe
With its staggering scope and scale, Ramstein Air Base in Germany is one of America's most important and fascinating military facilities.Located in southwestern Germany, it serves not only as the...
View ArticleChina Has Slowly And Quietly Been Seizing Disputed Territory Along Its Border...
Chinese and Indian troops had a standoff this week inside a disputed border area in the Himalayas, Niharika Mandhana reports for The Wall Street Journal. The confrontation, which took place in...
View ArticleThe Air Force Was Officially Born 67 Years Ago Today
The US Air Force celebrates its official birthday on September 18. Created by the National Security Act after World War II, the Air Force is turning 67 years old today. Originally, the Air Force...
View ArticleThese Are 33 Of The Most Spectacular Photos Ever Captured By US Air Force...
America's Air Force is celebrating its 67th anniversary today. The youngest of the four sister service branches, has 324,820 active duty airmen, along with another 9,860 in reserves, operating...
View ArticleHere Are The Traits Of Americans That The CIA Feared Could Make The Country...
A cache of recently declassified articles from the CIA's in-house journal present a previously unseen glance into the The Agency's view of its mission and challenges.In a document titled "Analyzing...
View ArticleISIS Carried Out A 'Complex And Penetrating Attack' In The Capital Of Iraq...
On September 18, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) launched a complex attack likely targeting the Adala Prison in Baghdad’s Kadhmiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad. According to the...
View ArticleChina's Special Forces In Hong Kong Go Through A Ridiculous Training Regimen
China's Special Forces go through intense training to ensure that the top soldiers of a country that views itself as the world's rising superpower can be as versitile as possible. China's People's...
View ArticleEstonian President: Europe's Security Architecture 'Has Collapsed'
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves expressed concern that Russian aggression in Ukraine has led to the collapse of Europe's security system n a presentation at the Open Society Forum in Tallinn on...
View ArticleMississippi Community College Says It's Getting Rid Of Its Military-Issued...
A community college in Mississippi has announced that it will dispose of a grenade launcher that it had received under a Defense Department program intended to distribute surplus military...
View ArticleHere's How The Kurdish Peshmerga's Female Fighters Prepare For Battle Against...
As fighting continues to rage between ISIS and its enemies in Iraq and Syria, the female soldiers fighting within the Kurdish Peshmerga have gained increasing prominence. Unlike many neighboring...
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