The Iraq War Could Cost More Than $6 Trillion
The Iraq war has cost the U.S. more than $2 trillion so far and with interest could swell to more than $6 trillion, according to a study released Thursday.The study, part of the Costs of War Project by...
View ArticleKorean War Priest's Valor In Combat Earns Him A Posthumous Medal Of Honor
A young soldier scurried up an exposed hill toward the sounds of fighting, leaving a military chaplain in his wake and stopping only to scoop up some ammunition.Halfway there and he can hear the all...
View ArticleUS Pilots Scared Off Iranian Fighter Jets Trying To Intercept A Drone
According to a statement by Pentagon Press Secretary George Little, on Mar. 12, an IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) combat plane attempted to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 drone flying in...
View ArticleNorth Korea Accuses Enemies Of 'Persistent and Intensive' Cyber Attack
North Korea on Friday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out a "persistent and intensive" cyber attack against its official websites in recent days.A number of official North Korean...
View ArticleMedal Of Honor Recipient Calls Drone Medal Totally 'Ludicrous'
With the controversial Distinguished Warfare Medal being mocked, opposed by veterans groups, and now delayed by the Defense Secretary, it seems the forces of outrage are strong with this one.Now it's...
View ArticleREPORT: North Korea Fires Off Two Short-Range Missiles Into East Sea
A military officer has anonymously tipped the Yonhap news agency that North Korea "test fired" two short range missiles into the East Sea Friday."The launch was seen as testing its capability for...
View ArticleShipyard Worker Imprisoned After Setting Submarine On Fire So He Could Leave...
After setting fire to a nuclear submarine so he could get out of work, a 25-year-old shipyard employee has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $400 million,...
View ArticleThe CIA Can No Longer Stonewall Requests For Records On Drone Strikes
The Central Intelligence Agency can no longer ignore requests for information about U.S. drone strikes, a federal appeals court in Washington D.C. ruled today.America's drone program is shrouded in...
View ArticleThe Army's New Guardian Attack Helicopter Is A Total Beast
One of the military's baddest attack helicopters just got a little bit tougher.The Army recently fielded a new version of Boeing Apache series — the AH-64E "Guardian" — to replace the "Longbow."The...
View ArticleWe Just Visited The Rarely Seen Side Of Guantanamo Bay
The U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is more than just a prison.While the detention facility has gained infamy for housing enemy combatants since 2002, locking up terrorism suspects is just a...
View ArticlePentagon: North Korean Missiles Can Reach The United States
In response to continued threats from North Korea, the Pentagon is beefing up its missile defense shield, planning to add 14 missile interceptors to the 30 already stationed in Alaska and California,...
View ArticleSequester Crushes Small Defense Firms While The Biggies Pivot To Cyber
Sequester budget cuts totaling to $47 billion won't even touch the big fish, according to a Leigh Munsil Politico report.Instead, law makers are more likely to cut off the little fish."Lawmakers have...
View ArticleThe Most Incredible Photos Of America's Marines So Far This Year
Maybe I'm biased.The Marine Corps actually taught me, among other things, photography. Paid me for it, in fact.I served four years as a Combat Correspondent — a Marine photojournalist — and saw a lot...
View ArticleCIA And M16 Knew Iraq Didn't Have WMDs Before 2003 Invasion
Fresh evidence is revealed today about how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein's foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no active weapons of mass...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Prison Camps Are Absolutely Horrifying
As international leaders fear what Pyongyang may do beyond its borders, perhaps the biggest issue is what happens within.North Korea operates a growing network of prison camps containing up to 200,000...
View ArticleWhen Will The Leaders Who Took Us To War In Iraq Finally Admit They Made A...
As America marks the 10th anniversary of our costly and ineffective war in Iraq, I am mourning a different anniversary, too.Two years ago my mother was killed in a car accident. A doctor's wife,...
View ArticleThe Oldest City In Human History Is On The Verge Of Being Ravaged By War
The Syrian capital of Damascus— inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BCE — is arguably the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.Syrian rebels — bolstered by an influx of Croatian weapons...
View ArticleAmerica Is STILL Paying For The Civil War
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the...
View ArticleUS Contractor Charged With Passing Nuclear Secrets To A Chinese Woman
A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been charged with passing classified information about nuclear weapons and ballistic missile systems to a Chinese woman, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleSeven Marines Killed In Tragic Training Accident In Nevada
Seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven wounded during a training exercise on Monday night when a mortar round exploded inside a tube, NBC News reports.The Marines, from 1st Battalion, 9th...
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