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This 61-Day Ranger School Creates The Toughest Troops In The World

One of the quickest ways to show how tough you are in th Army is to wear a Ranger tab. In the two months it takes to earn, a soldier's mental and physical endurance is pushed to the absolute limits....

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This Bayonet Charge Saved A Whole Lot Of Lives During The Iraq War

Brian Wood was just a young lance corporal at the time when he dismounted his thin-skinned vehicle amid withering enemy fire, and followed his commander's order to fix bayonets. The order came from...

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Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson Can't Figure Out Why Their Defense Is...

Sir Alex Ferguson admits he is mystified by Manchester United’s ongoing defensive calamities, despite another thrilling Champions League comeback at Old Trafford. Javier Hernàndez, the Mexican who was...

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Boeing Has Perfected A Missile That Wipes Out Electronics And Leaves...

While the U.S. geared up for the second presidential debate last Tuesday, a building sat pulsing with computers, electronic surveillance, and security systems in the Utah high desert. The unoccupied...

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Russia: Syrian Rebels Armed With US-Made Heat Seeking Missiles

The Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have shoulder-launched missile systems, including Stingers made by the United States, Russia's top general said on Wednesday. Russian...

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Lockheed Martin's Shares Keep Rising, Despite Threats Of Massive Layoffs

Lockheed Martin Corp, the largest U.S. weapons maker, on Wednesday posted an 11 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, beating expectations by a wide margin, and raised its full-year forecast....

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The Syrian Government Has Agreed To A Temporary Ceasefire

Bashar al-Assad's government has agreed to a ceasefire in Syria during the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, according to peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Speaking in Cairo, Mr Brahimi said: "After...

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Team Obama's Justification For Killing A 16-Year-Old American In A Drone...

Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, a senior adviser to President Obama's reelection campaign, recently became the first person on Team Obama to address the killing of 16-year-old...

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New 'One-Shot' Rifle Sight Could Make Snipers Deadlier Than Ever

Snipers are already one of the more deadly anti-personnel assets the U.S. military has, but somehow, they're going to get deadlier. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just awarded a $6...

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Firefights Like This Are Why US Troops Never Leave Home Without A 'SAW'

Everyone carries stuff with them to work. Some of it we can forget and go without; other things like a cellphone, we go back for, because we just can't go through the day without it. What troops on...

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The Army Is Turning A Generation Of Young Wives Into Full Time Caregivers

Army wives stepped forward Tuesday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference to explain the continued struggle they face in rehabilitating their spouses injured in war and the challenges...

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Sudan Threatens Retaliation Over Alleged Israeli Air Strike

Sudan has warned that it has the right to retaliate after accusing Israel of carrying out an air strike on an arms factory, causing a huge explosion that killed two people. Ahmed Belal Osman, the...

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Four Chinese Ships Have Deliberately Entered Japan's Territorial Waters...

Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japanese coastguard said, sparking a strong protest from Japan. Three maritime...

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South Korea Says The North Is Preparing A Huge Nuclear Weapons Test

North Korea has kept up preparations for a new nuclear test after having carried out previous launches in 2006 and 2009, South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin told a news conference Wednesday....

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The Boeing Mach-5 Waverider Is Getting One More Shot At Unlocking Scramjet...

When DARPA, the Air Force, NASA, Boeing, and Pratt & Whitney got together to unscramble the the riddle behind scramjet technology, it's unlikely they ever considered failure, until now. The five...

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FBI Reports A Startling Decline In Global Terrorism

The world is actually a significant safer place than it was a year ago, at least when it comes to terrorist attacks. Recent high-profile terrorist attacks like the one that killed Ambassador Chris...

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Sexism May Have Played A Role In Why The Clinton Administration Never Caught...

Michael Scheuer was the razor sharp, burly Buffalo native who the Central Intelligence Agency chose to run the bin Laden squad in 1995. According to a recently released book, "The Finish," written by...

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If You Think The Counterterrorism Center's Disposition Matrix Is Scary, Look...

For two years the Obama administration has been secretly developing a "disposition matrix" that draws on all known information about suspected terrorists and provides advice on how to pursue them,...

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I Was A Fat US Marine Until The Corps Threatened To Kick Me Out

Marines are heralded as "the few, the proud;" the "first to fight," Marines are thought of as a lean, mean and tough, with the strictest guidelines for standards and appearance, exceedingly difficult...

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Anonymous Hacked Into Private Accounts Of Police Officers And Sent Them Emails

Police are investigating after internet hacking group Anonymous “compromised” the security of a web forum and obtained the private email addresses of officers. Members of hacking group Anonymous...

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