Clik here to view.
ISIS Keeps Defeating The Iraqi Army In A 'Critical' Province Next To Baghdad
Despite US-led coalition airstrikes in support of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), ISIS continues to make gains in a critical province bordering Baghdad, Tamer El-Ghobashy and Ali A. Nabhan report for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The US Isn't Too Eager To Help Save Kobane From ISIS's Onslaught
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Wednesday that preventing the fall of the Syrian town of Kobani to Islamic State fighters was not a strategic U.S. objective and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The US Marine Corps Is The Best Military Branch, According To Glassdoor Reviews
The Marine Corps is the top-rated military service branch, according to reviews on the career website Glassdoor.The Corps, a small maritime component of the US Navy with just under 180,000 Marines on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These Are The Countries That Have Destabilized The Most Over The Past 3 Months
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft has released its latest quarterly Civil Unrest Index. The index tracked changes in social or political unrest that could disrupt business operations across...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Awe-Inspiring Tour Of The Navy's Most Important Submarine Base
Naval Submarine Base New London is one of the US Navy's most important and fascinating facilities.Located along the eastern bank of the Thames River in eastern Connecticut, New London serves as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fight Against ISIS Shows That The F-35 Isn't Such A Disaster After All
Despite continuing debate, it is inevitable that the F-35 will become America’s workhorse air platform.After billions spent on its procurement, and considering the ageing of the current fleet, the lack...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Is The Biggest Sign Yet That There Hasn't Been A Coup In North Korea
North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un hasn't been seen in public since early September, leading to intense media speculation that a shakeup or even a coup could be taking place in one of the world's most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meet The 'White Shroud,' A Guerrilla Group Fighting Back Against ISIS In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Small groups of Syrians are hunting down Islamic State fighters in one of their main strongholds in eastern Syria in a new guerrilla campaign that has emerged as a response to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Incredible Special Forces Battalion Is One Of South Korea's Top Lines Of...
South Korea faces one of the biggest security challenges on earth: an opaque, belligerent, and possibly nuclear-armed northern neighbor with the largest artillery force in the world and a standing army...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Today Is The US Navy's 239th Birthday — Here's What The Branch Was Like In 1898
A series of recently uploaded photos from Naval History and Heritage Command reveal what life was like in the U.S. Navy over 100 years ago.The photos are being released to coincide with the official...
View ArticleClik here to view.
29 Awesome Pictures Of The US Navy's 239 Years Of History
October 27 is Navy Day in the United States, celebrating the world's largest fleet, with 317,054 active duty personnel, 109,671 reserves, and 285 ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service.It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China's Alarming Military Buildup Is Shifting The Balance Of Power In Asia
China’s decades-long buildup of strategic and conventional military forces is shifting the balance of power in Asia in Beijing’s favor and increasing the risk of a conflict, according to a forthcoming...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Iraqi Kurdistan Is Urging Turkey To Let Kurdish Fighters Use Its Border To...
A top official of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged Syrian city of Kobane, where Syrian Kurds are waging a desperate battle against...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Militias Are Ruling The Day As The Middle East Burns
Embattled governments in Iraq and Syria have come to rely on Shiite militias as their armies have crumbled in the face of mostly Sunni insurgents and rebels. In Libya, various armed groups loosely...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here's An Amazing Video Of Osprey And Harrier Jets Refueling Over The...
The following video shows fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling exercises involving AV-8B and MV-22s over the Mediterranean Sea with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Paragraph Explains How ISIS Managed To Seize Iraq's Second-Largest City
On June 6, hundreds of ISIS jihadists on pick-up trucks raced towards Mosul with the somewhat modest goal of seizing control of parts of the city for several hours, thus making a statement that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Turkey Is Now The Latest Country To Deal With Serious Violent Spillover From...
The Syrian civil war has become a Pandora's box in the Middle East. The conflict ripped the country apart before leading to spillover violence in Iraq, Lebanon, and the UN-patrolled border region with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bowe Bergdahl Probe Is Complete — But The Results Are Still Not Public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the capture of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl by Taliban militants in Afghanistan has been completed, but it is unclear when the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Troops Found Huge Caches Of Chemical Weapons In Iraq — And The Pentagon...
Numerous US troops found and were exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq after the 2003 invasion of the country, and they were plagued by not only the terrible after-effects, but substandard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LOCKHEED: We Made A Huge Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit...
View Article