7 US Olympians Who Are Also Soldiers
Seven soldier-athletes will compete in Team USA's 230 athlete delegation, the largest of any nation in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, at the Sochi Olympics next week. Here are the Army's...
View Article7 Scary Things That Could Happen After A North Korean Collapse
A report recently released by the RAND Corporation highlights a series of unfortunate events that could follow if North Korea, already on unsteady footing, were suddenly to collapse.The risk of a...
View ArticleNew Tests Find Significant Cracking In The F-35
The U.S. Defense Department’s newest and most advanced fighter jet has cracked during testing and isn’t yet reliable for combat operations, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said in new report.The...
View ArticleHere's Your Complete Guide To Drones, In One Picture
This is from the Drone Survival Guide, a to-scale silhouette mock-up of the world's drones by Ruben Pater.Pater believes that as drones become increasingly common, people should have the tools to...
View ArticleToxic General Pays $15,000 To Try To Whitewash Negative Search Engine Results
Retired Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, former chief of the Missile Defence Agency, used to have some serious PR problems. In a May 2012 the inspector general of the Department of Defense (DoD) released a...
View ArticleThe Navy’s New $35 Billion Submarine Hunter Doesn’t Even Work [Report]
The U.S. Navy’s next generation submarine hunter isn’t any good yet at hunting enemy submarines, according to recent Defense Department tests first reported on by Bloomberg.A report filed by Michael...
View Article13 Security Measures That Will Put A ‘Ring Of Steel’ Around The Sochi Olympics
With terrorists vowing to strike Sochi, security is the word on everyone's lips.Russia is trying its best to reassure the world. The chief organizer of the Sochi Olympics has recently bragged that the...
View ArticleExpert: Obama Should Deploy 5,000 'Peacekeeping' Troops Into Africa
Just because the war in Afghanistan is winding down doesn't necessarily mean that the armed forces can expect a break.A recent memorandum to President Obama from Michael O'Hanlon, a member of the...
View ArticleRobotic Military Convoys Are Coming
The U.S. military is no longer satisfied with just pilotless drones and the prospect of robotic soldiers.The next goal is to remove soldiers from convoys, often one of the most dangerous ground...
View ArticleOfficers But Not Gentlemen: Here's The Pentagon's Naughty List
The Pentagon has tallied reports of a shameful litany of bad behavior among its officers and employees in a voluminous tome entitled "The Encyclopedia of Ethical Failures."From bribery to kickbacks to...
View ArticleSTALKING AND SHOOTING: How US Marine Snipers Become The Deadliest Shots On Earth
The Marine Scout Sniper school is the most elite military sniper school on earth, and one of the toughest special operations courses in the U.S. Military.See the Scout Snipers >Not only do the Army,...
View ArticleBYU-Idaho Uses War Imagery In Bizarre Anti-Masturbation Video
A video from the Housing and Student Living Office of Brigham Young University-Idaho is using war imagery to warn students about the perils of masturbation.The video, first posted to YouTube in...
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 ArticleThe 9 Most Interesting Details Behind America's Backpack Nukes
At the height of the Cold War, the United States was seriously considering the use of backpack sized nuclear weapons for tactical strikes.US policy makers, aware of their numerical inferiority compared...
View ArticleSoldiers Allegedly Gamed A National Guard Program For Tens of Millions of...
In an ongoing investigation, more than 800 soldiers are under investigation for scamming a National Guard program for millions of dollars in bonuses, reports USA Today.The program, put in place during...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Kinect Is Being Used To Help Guard The Korean DMZ
Designed as a hands-free video game controller, Microsoft's Kinect sensor has been used in many unintended ways ranging from teaching autistic children to designs for the future of military training....
View ArticleThe Navy Is Converting A Cargo Vessel Into A Special Operations Mothership
The Navy is currently facing the same budget constraints that the rest of the military is suffering through.Instead of resorting to robotic troops, the Navy is contracting out a 633-foot-long cargo...
View ArticleInside Secret Raids Performed By Swedish Special Operators
We hear little about the Special Operations units of Scandinavian nations, but in recent days the veil has been lifted, if only just a little, to give us a small look at what our allied SOF units have...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Jobs For Veterans
A new list from the CareerCast Veterans Network highlights the 10 best jobs in the U.S. for military veterans.Veterans return home with diverse skill sets that can easily be applied to the civilian...
View ArticleYou Have To Follow This Twitter Account That's Playing The Entirety Of The...
Yes, that's Goose, everyone's favorite wingman from the iconic film "Top Gun."It's also screengrabbed from an embedded Tweet in a long line of Tweets that seem to be documenting the movie...
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