The Pentagon Needs To Give Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta The Medal Of Honor He...
Nov. 15, 2004: It’s the second battle of Fallujah, and although they don’t really know it yet, the Marines and soldiers involved are enduring the worst combat since Vietnam.“Be proud of me, bro,”...
View ArticleBulldozer Crushes Marine Sleeping In Foxhole
The details of how a 20-year-old Marine died during a training accident back in March were recently released by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, reports the Marine Corps Times.Private First...
View ArticleUS Military Deploys Advisers To Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has established a unit of fewer than five troops in Mogadishu to advise African and Somali forces as they try to take control of Somalia from the...
View ArticleJake Tapper Is Getting Attacked For Saying What Many Are Thinking About...
Jake Tapper, the host of CNN's "The Lead," is getting blasted after interviewing former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell Friday night.The interview was about the new movie, "Lone Survivor," which portrays a...
View ArticleThe Massive Civilian-Military Divide — In Two Emails
Earlier today I wrote a post about CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who's come under fire after an interview with Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL who inspired the film "Lone Survivor."I won't rehash the entire...
View ArticleThese Wild Instagram Pictures Could Help Bust An Alleged Drug Cartel Enforcer
If you're involved with a major drug cartel, you might not want to plaster your exploits on social media.Recently police arrested Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, who is allegedly the top enforcer for...
View ArticleLocal Police Department Gets $600,000 Military Mine Resistant Vehicle For...
The West Lafayette Police Department has added to its ranks a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle for about the same price as a used 1998 Cadillac sedan with almost 100,000 miles.The purchase...
View ArticleThe NSA Has Secretly Developed The 'Bigfoot' Of Computer Hacks
So it turns out that the NSA has weaponized radio waves in its effort to hack into computers that are isolated from the web.From a computer security perspective, the most important detail in a report...
View ArticleChina Just Tested A Hypersonic Missile Vehicle
China for the first time has tested a hypersonic missile vehicle designed to travel several times the speed of sound, the Pentagon said Wednesday.The test makes China the second country after the...
View ArticleHere's The Intense 'War On Terror' Reporting That Just Got A Surprise Oscar Nod
After Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration began waging a global war on terrorism both openly and on the "dark side."The full scale of the shadow war is just coming out now, as detailed in "Dirty...
View ArticleSome Of Putin's Pilots May Not Even Be Qualified To Fly Planes
Eight pilots of the special Rossiya Aviation Unit, responsible for the VIP transport in the Russian Federation, may have not legally obtained the required flying licenses according to Life News.The...
View ArticleRecent US Missile Tests On Speed Boats Are Clearly Meant To Send Iran A Message
For the first time, the US Army has successfully launched AGM-114L Longbow missiles vertically against maritime targets — making the weapon a likely candidate for use aboard ships.Developed by Lockheed...
View ArticleBipartisan Senate Bill Aims To Limit The President's 'War' Powers
McCain, Kaine offer bill to overhaul war powers resolutionWASHINGTON (AP) — Two members of the Senate are pressing for significant changes to how presidents consult with Congress on sending the...
View ArticleSome US Spies Are Saying They Would Love To Kill Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden has picked up plenty of friends in journalists, privacy advocates, and citizens since he fled his NSA contracting job with upwards of a million top-secret files detailing the inner...
View ArticleA Military Hospital Can't Find An HIV-Positive Patient Accidentally Given A...
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is frantically searching for a patient who was mistakenly identified as HIV-negative, The New York Times reports.The Maryland hospital wrongly labeled the...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Has Selected 2013's Most Intense Military Training Photos
Military training is no joke.It all starts with boot camp, which is designed to drill in the military mindset from the get-go.By applying various degrees of physical and mental stress, the six to 12...
View ArticleA Dozen Problems In The US Military Could Be Solved By Simply Ending The War
Barack Obama got elected in 2008 partly on the basis of calling into question Republican national security judgments. He was right. The invasion of Iraq was more than just a blunder. It was strategic...
View ArticleThis Picture Shows The First Combat Rescue Behind Enemy Lines In Iraq
The image above was taken from an MH-53J from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, piloted by Capt. Thomas Trask, during the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind the enemy lines since...
View ArticleThe Daily Show's Hilarious 'Outrage' About Vietnam Vets Denied Health...
Jason Jones of The Daily Show was nothing short of outraged when he found out that Vietnam veterans were denied health care benefits because of PTSD."So let me get this straight," Jones says in...
View ArticleThe Battle For Ukraine Is Being Fought Using Ancient Military Tactics
Things got pretty hairy in Kiev, Ukraine, in the last week due in large part to the government banning protests.As a result, riot police broke out their Roman army tactics.This formation is called the...
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