24-Year-Old Who Covered A Grenade To Save His Friend Will Reportedly Receive...
Marine Corps veteran William Kyle Carpenter will become the Marine's third Medal of Honor recipient since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps Times writes, citing unnamed...
View ArticleIranian General Calls US Military Strike Threat 'The Joke Of The Year'
The Iranian military’s deputy chief of staff reportedly called President Barack Obama a “low-IQ” president over Obama’s repeated threat that a military strike remains an option for stopping Iran’s...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Military In 3 Maps
The Office of the Secretary of the Defense has released its annual report to Congress on North Korea's military, and the findings are worrying.The report is long and gives a full account of the North...
View ArticleUS Army General Fights Sodomy Charge That Could Put Him In Prison For Life
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) - A U.S. Army general pleaded guilty on Thursday to military crimes of having an adulterous affair, seeking nude photos of junior officers and possessing...
View ArticleArmy’s Top Sex Assault Prosecutor Accused Of Groping Woman At Sex Assault...
The Army's top sexual assault prosecutor has been suspended because he allegedly groped a female lawyer he supervised, Stars and Stripes reports, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the...
View ArticleRussia's Neighbors Boost Defenses After Putin's Aggression In Ukraine
VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. fighter jets go to Lithuania as the crisis in Ukraine deepens. Poland talks about modernizing its military. Latvia calls for more defense spending. Traditionally neutral...
View ArticleInsane Photos Of The Marine Silent Drill Team Performing With Blue Angels...
There should never be a doubt in anyone's mind as to the professionalism and the discipline of the U.S. Marine Corps.To exemplify the Marine Corps' high standards, the Silent Drill Platoon was formed...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Has A Team Studying The Body Language Of World Leaders To...
A Pentagon research team is studying the body language of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders to better predict their behavior, officials said Friday.The project, previously...
View ArticleThis One Video Shows Why The A-10 Is Loved By US Troops — And Totally Feared...
When troops report they are taking enemy fire, the one aircraft they love to see screaming to the rescue is the A-10 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "The Warthog."First introduced in 1977, the plane was...
View ArticleVice Reporter In Crimea Challenges Russian Soldiers: 'Are You Going To Shoot...
Vice News reporter Simon Ostrovsky has been covering the ongoing crisis in Crimea with interesting and insightful dispatches being released over the past week, but it's how he handles people who don't...
View ArticleCritical 9/11 Recruiter Freed In Syrian Prisoner Exchange
Mohammad Haydar Zammar, an al Qaeda recruiter who allegedly played a critical role assembling the terrorist network that carried out the September 11 attacks, has been freed from a Syrian prison,...
View ArticleHere's What It's Really Like To Be A Spy
While often on the front lines collecting valuable intelligence for the nation's decision-makers — and risking their lives in the process — the life of a CIA officer is far from what's often depicted...
View ArticleHere's How The Air Force Is Going To Shrink Over The Next Five Years
The USAF plans to divest entire fleets, including the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack plane and U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes, in order to “focus on the multi-role aircraft that can deliver a variety of...
View Article'I'll Shoot To Kill!': Vice Reporter Near Crimea Threatened By Pro-Russian...
In the latest in a series of dispatches from Ukraine and Crimea, Vice News reporter Simon Ostrovsky traveled to the Kherson region of the Ukrainian mainland to investigate Russian and Ukrainian...
View ArticleHow US Navy Ships Get Fresh Supplies When They're Out In The Middle Of Nowhere
Ships and seamen within the U.S. Navy can expect to be at sea for months at a time, with eight month deployments becoming the norm often in dangerous locations or the middle of nowhere.It is impossible...
View ArticleTroops And Tensions Build As Russia And Ukraine Eye Imminent Crimea Annexation
Tensions are rising in Ukraine and Russia as Crimea is set to hold a fixed referendum on Sunday about whether or not the region will break away and join Russia.In a showing of strength, and excessive...
View ArticleRussia Warns It Is Ready To Place Eastern Ukraine 'Under Its Protection'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it reserved the right to protect compatriots in eastern Ukraine after clashes in the city of Donetsk in which one person was killed.The Foreign Ministry said...
View ArticleExtremist Jihadi Group Retreats From Two Syrian Provinces After Alienating...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An al Qaeda splinter group in Syria pulled out of two provinces in the country's northwest on Friday and headed to its eastern strongholds after months of clashes with rival rebels,...
View ArticleFrench Air Strikes Kill Wanted Islamist Militant 'Red Beard' In Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - French air strikes in the mountains of northern Mali have killed Islamist militant Oumar Ould Hamaha, a jihadist with a $3 million U.S. government bounty on his head, a Malian...
View ArticleChinese Data Theft Could Be 'Disastrous' For The US Military's Most Expensive...
The F-35, the U.S. Armed Forces' most expensive project to date, may be outdated before it's even been deployed, The Washington Free Beacon reports, citing U.S. officials and defense analysts.This...
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