Karzai Holds Afghan Security Agreement Hostage For Release Of Gitmo Detainees
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is holding hostage a multi-billion dollar security agreement with Washington (and NATO) for the release of 17 Afghan citizens from Guantanamo.Though Karzai's demand seems...
View ArticleMillions Watched The US Marine Band's Incredible Performance In Macy's Parade...
Millions watched the 86th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but they got a special treat this year: The Marine Corps Band.For only the second time in the parade's history, the band marched and...
View ArticleInspiration For Iconic Female Lead In 'Top Gun' Has Become The...
President Barack Obama has named Christine Fox as acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, the No. 2 spot in the Pentagon, CBS reports.The move would make Fox the most powerful woman in America's military,...
View ArticleWhy The Air Force Academy Uses Cadets To Spy On Each Other
Earlier this week, the Air Force Academy located in Colorado Springs responded to a Gazette report about the academy's use of cadet informants instructed to deceive comrades, professors, and...
View ArticleA US Navy Submarine Just Launched A Drone .... From Underwater
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory successfully launched a drone from a submerged submarine.This picture is a real composite of a time-lapse photo taken during the launch, of this all-electric, fuel...
View ArticlePentagon Approves $1.1 Billion Raytheon Missile Sale To Saudi Arabia (RTN)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has approved the sale of more than 15,000 Raytheon Co anti-tank missiles to Saudi Arabia under two separate deals valued at nearly $1.1 billion.The Defense Security...
View ArticleUnforgettable Photos From The Pearl Harbor Attack, 72 Years Ago Today
December 7, 1941 began as a perfect Sunday morning for the troops serving the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor.Under a early morning South Pacific sun, softball teams were lining up on the beach. Pitchers...
View ArticleTop US General: ’The Homeland Is No Longer A Sanctuary'
There's a brutal reality that military planners are all beginning to face right now: The Internet is a weapon, and anyone with a computer can now fire the first shot."Information technology is the...
View ArticleCongress Agreed To Its Annual Defense Bill Yesterday — Here Are The Two Big...
With the House heading home on Friday, Congress is bustling with action to finish up a number of vital bills before the end of the week.The House and Senate negotiators agreed on one such bill, the...
View ArticleThe Army's 8-Wheeled Laser Truck Can Burn Mortars, Drones Right Out Of The Sky
For the first time, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command used a vehicle mounted high-energy laser to successfully engage more than 90 enemy mortar rounds and flying unmanned aerial vehicles...
View ArticleSoldier Allegedly Stole Classified Information To Make Fake Identities For...
APNewsBreak: Minn. guardsman charged with stealing Fort Bragg military IDs to use for militiaMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota National Guard member and self-described commander of a militia group is...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi Tells Democrats To 'Embrace The Suck'
Move over Terminal Lance, Nancy Pelosi just used common Marine Corps vernacular, telling her fellow Dems behind close doors to "embrace the suck."Pelosi was referencing Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty...
View ArticleGenerals Are Passing Around This 'Motivating' Statement From A Marine Shot In...
An email is getting passed around the ranks of the Marine Corps — even reaching the highest level of Commandant Gen. James Amos — as a reminder that no matter how bad you think your day is, it's...
View ArticleReport: Fired Nuke General Allegedly Associated With 'Suspect' Women And...
Fired US nuke general allegedly engaged in alcohol-fueled 'inappropriate behavior' in RussiaWASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force general who was fired from command of U.S. land-based nuclear missile forces...
View ArticleAbout 150 US Marines Are Moving Near South Sudan For Crisis Response
A crisis response force of about 150 U.S. Marines has been repositioned from Moron, Spain to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti to help in the evacuation of Americans inside turbulent South Sudan, CNN is...
View ArticleAstonishing Pictures Of Afghanistan From Before The Wars
Before the U.S. invasion, before the Russian war, before the Marxist revolution, Afghanistan used to be a pretty nice place.An astonishing collection of photos from the 1960s was recently featured by...
View ArticleLibya Releases 4 Detained US Military Personnel
Libya has released the four U.S. military personnel who it had arrested and detained, AP is reporting."All four (have been) released," a U.S. defense official told Reuters.The four unidentified U.S....
View ArticleFireEye Buys Mandiant For $1 Billion In Huge Cyber Security Merger
(Reuters) - Cybersecurity company FireEye Inc, one of last year's hottest IPOs, has acquired Mandiant Corp, the computer forensics specialist best known for unveiling a secretive Chinese military unit...
View ArticleGeneral James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Wants To Teach You About Leadership
Legendary Marine General James Mattis is in the early stages of writing a book on leadership and strategy with co-author Bing West, Hope Hodge Seck of Marine Corps Times reports."The process is that we...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Cities Faced By US Troops In Iraq Are Rapidly Falling Back...
The two most dangerous cities U.S. troops faced in Iraq that were largely pacified before the 2011 pullout are rapidly falling back into chaos, as radical Sunni militants have moved back in to retake...
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