China is distorting history ahead of its big World War II commemoration
China spent last week excoriating Japan for twisting the history of World War II while spreading distortions of its own on the 70th anniversary of the war's end.Even China's Global Times, a tabloid...
View ArticleUS launches largest Allied airborne drills since the Cold War
Earlier this week, 4,800 soldiers from 11 NATO nations converged on Germany's Hohenfels Training Area for "Swift Response 15," the largest allied airborne drills since the end of Cold War, which will...
View ArticleHaunting photos from an abandoned Air Force Base
There is one acronym no commander wants to hear. The very hint of this process-that-must-not-be-named drives generals, congressmen, and entire communities to the edge of panic: BRAC.The Base...
View Article10 experts give their opinions on the war on ISIS
In August 2014 the United States joined the war against the Islamic State (IS).The massacre and enslavement of the Yazidi population in the Sinjar district of Iraq’s Ninewa province prompted Washington...
View ArticleMeet Sgt. Stubby, the original war dog
His eyes seemed to light up as he watched the group of young soldiers march in unison on that Yale field in New Haven, Connecticut.It was another one of those long days where he’d abandoned his search...
View ArticleHitler's Brandenburgers: secret multilingual warrior spies of Nazi Germany
The pre-war German Army rejected Captain Theodore von Hippel’s idea of using small units of highly trained men to penetrate enemy defenses before main actions began.They felt it was beneath the dignity...
View ArticleThe US is going after ISIS' most devastating weapon
US-led coalition forces launched a second successful airstrike against a crucial Islamic State explosives facility Wednesday, continuing a trend of going after the group's most devastating weapon. The...
View ArticleThis is the South Korean military exercise that made North Korea promise to...
South Korea and the US are holding a scheduled large-scale military drill amid heightened tensions in the divided Korean peninsula. On August 4, alleged North Korean mines seriously wounded two South...
View Article6 female military units you don’t want to mess with
Men aren’t the only ones lighting up their enemies on the battlefield. These 6 elite military units are staffed entirely by women.1. Kurdish Women’s Defense UnitsThe Kurdish YPJ is a female militia...
View Article6 old weapons that still serve the military well
Sorry Mike Huckabee, but some old workhorses don’t need replacing.During the recent Republican debate, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee chose the venerable B-52 Stratofortress to exemplify how the...
View ArticleKim Jong Un has declared a 'quasi-state of war' against South Korea
North and South Korea appeared headed toward another clash, as Seoul refused an ultimatum that it halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action and North Korea...
View ArticleA US airstrike killed ISIS' No. 2 in command
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — The Obama administration says the No. 2 leader of the Islamic State militant group is dead, killed in a U.S. military air strike in Iraq earlier this week.National Security...
View ArticleHow it really went down in the first class to graduate female Rangers
The following was written by Rudy Mac, a Ranger-qualified, company-grade infantry officer serving on active duty in a light unit in the U.S. Army.By the time most of you read this story, 96 newly...
View ArticleSyria's Assad is unleashing 'a systematic campaign of attacks against hospitals'
In an absolutely horrific drive to undermine Syrian rebels at any cost, the regime of President Assad has launched a concerted and systematic campaign of airstrikes against hospitals in...
View ArticleIt's been 75 years since the iconic B-25 Mitchell Warbird made its debut
On August 19th, 1940, the North American B-25 "Mitchell" performed its first flight. It would become the most versatile, widely used, and overall best medium-range bomber of World War II.The B-25 took...
View Article13 of the best military morale patches
Morale patches are patches troops wear on their uniforms designed to be a funny inside joke, applicable only to their specific unit or military career field. They are usually worn during deployments,...
View ArticleIran unveils new advanced longer-range ballistic missile
Iran unveiled a short-range solid fuel ballistic missile Saturday, an upgraded version that the government says can more accurately pinpoint targets.The surface-to-surface Fateh-313, or Conqueror, was...
View ArticleSuicide bomb attack on NATO convoy in Kabul kills at least 12
A car bomb targeting a convoy carrying civilians contracted by NATO killed 12 people outside a hospital on a busy Kabul street on Saturday (August 22) part of a wave of attacks in the capital since...
View ArticleWatch the first two female Army Rangers complete a grueling training regime
US Army Lieutenant Shaye Haver and Captain Kristen Griest, certified badasses of the highest order, graduated from Ranger School on Friday.During a ceremony at Fort Benning in Georgia, Griest and Haver...
View ArticleThe real reason the Iran secret side deal is so important
The real reason the Iran secret side deal is so important The real reason the Iran secret side deal is so important The real reason the Iran secret side deal is so important The real reason the Iran...
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