The NSA's First Privacy Officer Is A Woman
The National Security Agency just announced its first privacy officer, reports The Washington Post.Former Department of Homeland Security Privacy Director, Rebecca “Becky” Richards will start with NSA...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Delays Caused 19 Deaths, Numerous Injuries [Report]
Delays in diagnosis or treatment within the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system resulted in 19 patient deaths and 63 injuries nationwide, according to documents obtained by CNN and The...
View ArticleWhy A Picture Of Four Female European Politicians Went Viral This Weekend
This weekend, Carl Bildt, the Foreign Minister of Sweden, was in Germany for the Munich Security Conference. While there, he tweeted a photograph of four women from his Swedish-language Twitter...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Almost Done Building A Giant Missile Launch Pad
New commercial satellite imagery hints that North Korea is almost done building a tower capable of launching long-range missiles — probably, further than the ones they've already launched into space,...
View Article'The Sound It Makes When It Takes A Man’s Life' — A Marine's Haunting Story...
Cody: “That’s a pretty cool sidearm you got there. What is it?”Four-Leaf Tayback: “I don’t know what it’s called. I just know the sound it makes when it takes a man’s life.”From Tropic Thunder ♦◊♦ I...
View Article'My Name is Brett Jones, I Am A Navy SEAL, And I Am Gay'
The people with whom I’ve worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual’s contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Is Aiming To Fulfill The Navy's Dream Of A Portable Laser Weapon
The US Military has been dreaming of acquiring an efficient, and portable, laser weapon for some time.Now, with a recent report from Lockheed Martin, the Military is one step closer towards that dream....
View Article31 Phrases That Only People In The Military Will Understand
Every region of the country has its own unique phrases, but they have nothing on the complex lexicon shared by people in the military.Aside from the way uniformed folks seem to speak in acronyms — “I...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Zapping Troops With Electric Shocks To Replace Caffeine
In a story that could come straight out of Total Recall, the Pentagon has started testing the application of running low level electrical currents through soldiers' brains as a replacement for coffee...
View ArticleDeclassified Photos Show The Top Secret Early Days Of The NSA
Last year, in celebration of its 60th anniversary, the National Security Agency published a digital memory book of declassified photos, audio tapes, and documents from its archives. The multi-billion...
View ArticleStunning Combat Artwork Reveals WWII Fighting That Will Never Be Seen Again
Battlefield artists were once the only way to capture what really happened in war.The practice of illustrating combat for people at home began during the Civil War, when special artists, or...
View ArticleHow Syria Could Be Permanently Ripped Apart, In Two Maps
The Syrian Civil War is quickly approaching its third anniversary on March 15.Instead of moving towards peace, negotiations have largely stalled, the Assad regime has continued its use of brutal...
View ArticleIslamic Militants Have Reportedly Been Recruiting Soldiers From Eastern...
The Lebanon-based Islamic militant group Hezbollah has been ferrying trained and combat-ready mercenaries from Eastern Europe into Syria, The Daily Star reports, citing security sources.The first batch...
View Article24 Soldiers, Forgotten and Discriminated Against, Will Finally Be Awarded A...
Passed over due to negligence and possible discrimination, 24 veterans will receive the Medal of Honor from President Obama on March 18. Of the 24, only three are alive to accept the award. The other...
View Article13 Signs That You Grew Up In A Military Family
Children who grow up with one or both parents in the military and spend time on or around bases — otherwise known as military brats — get used to things that seem weird to everyone else.Since I was...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An F-35A AF-1 Does A 360-Degree Roll [PHOTO]
This is a composite image, built from 17 photos of the F-35 doing an aileron roll.The maneuver itself is anything but special. It’s a standard 360-degree roll, that the F-35A AF-1 routinely completes...
View Article29 Awesome Pictures Of The US Navy Through History
October 27 is Navy Day in the United States, celebrating the world's largest fleet, with 317,054 active duty personnel, 109,671 reserves, and 285 ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service.It...
View ArticleHere Are The Contestants In A (No Joke) NSA Beauty Pageant
These contestants wearing tiaras, sashes, and gowns are proof that the National Security Agency cared about beauty as well as intelligence in the 1950s and early 1960s.The photograph comes from the...
View ArticleA Rare In-Air Photo Of A B-2 Stealth Bomber Flying With A T-38 Talon
The T-38 Talon Twin-Jet Supersonic Trainer is a vital training tool used by B-2 Spirit stealth bomber pilots.The image above shows something you don’t see every day: a T-38 Talon and a B-2 Spirit...
View ArticleDramatic Color Footage Shows Aerial Combat In World War II
This is what aerial combat over Europe looked like during World War II.A video producer by the name of Loudon Maverick has compiled a color video including fighter gun camera footage, dogfights, flak...
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