How to breach a door like a marine
A new video from III Marine Expeditionary Force shows how Marines are trained to breach doors.Ever wonder how Marines go through doors that don’t want to open? A new video on YouTube from III Marine...
View ArticleRussian forces just killed one of the country's most notorious jihadists
Just a few months into his tenure as the head of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Caucasus Emirate (ICE), Magomed Suleimanov, also known as Abu Usman Gimrinsky, has been killed by Russian security...
View Article17 photos that show why the F-14 Tomcat is one of the greatest fighter jets...
During more than 34 years of fleet service, the F-14 Tomcat transformed from analog fighter to digital precision attack platform.Originally designed to keep Russian bombers away from the battle group...
View ArticleRussian soldiers have a history of committing heinous crimes while stationed...
From the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester to the mountainous Central Asian nation of Tajikistan, Russia has thousands of troops stationed in other former Soviet republics.As the trial of a...
View ArticleISIS is ramping up its state-building project in its Libyan 'capital'
While much of the focus on the Islamic State in Libya (ISL) has centered on its mid-June defeat in Darnah, over the past few months it has slowly built up its assets and capabilities in the country's...
View ArticleHere's how US special ops spies caught Assad letting jihadists pass through...
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. military, the regime of Bashir Al-Assad gave de facto permission to foreign fighter networks operating in Syria to cross into Iraq via a clandestine...
View Article5 US military officers who were almost certainly crazy
These five American generals and admirals did things that played with the thin line between cunning and crazy, but they were awesome at their jobs so most everyone looked the other way.1. A Navy...
View ArticleMexico is creating a 'monster' by using the US counterterrorism strategy on...
In the nearly nine years since the start of the Mexican drug war, the cartels have been battered and crippled through a series of high-profile arrests and the deaths of high-ranking drug kingpins.But...
View ArticleImages show how a crashed special ops Black Hawk helicopter was covered to...
A Special Operations Black Hawk performed a “hard-deck landing” on the USNS Red Cloud off Okinawa, Japan.Seven military personnel were injured after a MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S....
View ArticleUkraine posts video of captured Russian major asking for Putin’s help
Ukraine’s state security agency has released a new video purporting to show a Russian army officer who was detained last month in eastern Ukraine appealing to President Vladimir Putin to secure his...
View ArticleGerman military advisers: ISIS used chemical weapons against the Kurds in Iraq
German military observers in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region say Islamic State fighters appear to have used chlorine gas shells to attack Kurdish forces.A German intelligence unit in the Kurdish...
View ArticleAl Qaeda's leader resurfaces in a video message
After an unprecedented 11 months of silence, Ayman al-Zawahri, the emir of al-Qaida, this week issued a video message proclaiming his loyalty to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar...
View Article7 surprising facts you probably don't know about the US Army
1. The Army is older than the country it serves.Americans celebrate the birth of their nation as July 4, 1776, but the Army is actually the country's "big brother." That makes sense, considering the...
View ArticleWorld War II ended 70 years ago — here's the planned US invasion of Japan...
On August 14, 1945, US President Harry Truman announced the unconditional surrender of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, thereby ending World War II.The surrender came after months of bombing raids across the...
View ArticleRussian warplanes used practice bombs with “To Berlin!” and “For Stalin”...
Transport planes of the Russian Baltic Fleet used practice bombs signed “To Berlin!” and “For Stalin!” during recent drills in the Baltic Region.At the beginning of August, the Russian Navy Baltic...
View ArticleThese are 2 of the rarest privately owned planes in the world
The images in this post were taken by aviation photographer Rich Cooper over the Cornish coastline, near Falmouth, during the RNAS Culdrose Air Day on July 30.They show two extremely rare privately...
View Article44 Army Rangers and instructors struck by lightning at Eglin Air Force Base
While training at Eglin Air Force Base outside of Pensacola, Florida, 40 Army Ranger students and four instructors were struck by lightning at 4:55 pm on Wednesday.The 44 were all then rushed to a...
View ArticlePolitical analyst: 'There is panic at the top of the Kremlin'
You know things are getting really bad when Sergei Lavrov blows his cool.The Russian foreign minister is usually smooth as silk in public, shamelessly and effortlessly twisting, spinning, distorting,...
View ArticleRussia denies that Iran's military mastermind visited Moscow recently
A senior Russian official has denied claims that an Iranian general visited Moscow in violation of a UN travel ban.Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said General Qassem Soleimani -- the commander...
View ArticleThe US Air Force is offering $2 million to anyone who can build a...
The Air Force is hoping that a prize contest will yield a revolutionary new engine that doubles the fuel efficiency of current systems.The $2 million Air Force prize will go to the first team that is...
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