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Here's What It's Like To Parachute Into A Baseball Stadium
Padres fans at the 2014 home opener got a special treat when the Navy Parachute Team — the Leap Frogs — landed in the stadium.The incredible directed jump was filmed via a mounted helmet camera. The...
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Fort Hood Shooting: 'Escalating Argument' Preceded Attack
The senior officer at Fort Hood said Friday an “escalating argument” with fellow soldiers preceded a shooting rampage in which a soldier fatally shot three people and wounded 16 others before killing...
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Could Arming Soldiers On Base Prevent Another Mass Shooting?
To some Americans, it’s a troubling irony in the wake of another shooting at the Fort Hood Army base: America’s largest repositories of soldiers and weapons are essentially gun-free zones where the...
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North Korea Gives Ominous Warning On Nuclear Test: 'Wait And See'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday that the world would have to "wait and see" when asked for details of "a new form" of nuclear test it threatened to carry out after the United...
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The Pentagon May Ban Tobacco Across The Military
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gave his support Monday to moves by the services to consider banning tobacco sales on bases and ships."I think it does need to be looked at," Hagel said at a Pentagon...
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The Fort Hood Shooting May Have Been Over Paperwork
Wednesday's mass shooting at Fort Hood, in which Spc. Ivan Lopez killed three soldiers and wounded 16 more before turning the gun on himself, may have been caused by an argument over leave forms.A New...
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31 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...
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Obama Is Blind To Putin’s True Ideology
Vladimir Putin’s slow-rolling conquest of Ukraine has restarted openly today, with calls for an “independence referendum” for the newly declared “People’s Republic of Donetsk” in the East.It’s clear...
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Former Head Of CIA 'Enhanced Interrogation' Program Defends Its Use
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., the former head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, has written an editorial in The Washington Post defending the agency's so-called "enhanced interrogation" program.The...
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U.S. Navy To Test Futuristic, Super-Fast Gun At Sea In 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is planning sea trials for a weapon that can fire a low-cost, 23-pound (10-kg) projectile at seven times the speed of sound using electromagnetic energy, a "Star...
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US Sends F-16s To Romania To Ramp Up Eastern European Presence
The U.S. is going to station more F-16 fighter jets in Romania, amid rising tensions after Russia’s invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea.Even if the aircraft will only take part in a...
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Why A Commonly Cited Statistic About Veterans' Suicide Is Totally Misleading
Almost 22 veterans are thought to commit suicide each day, according to a 2012 VA report.That statistic is tragic, but it doesn't really represent current veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan,...
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US Navy Develops 'Game-Changer' Technology To Turn Seawater Into Fuel
After decades of experiments, U.S. Navy scientists believe they may have solved one of the world’s great challenges: how to turn seawater into fuel.The development of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel could...
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Moldova's Breakaway Region Announces Desire For A Crimea Style Referendum
Transdniestria is one of the more obscure places in Europe. Officially this impoverished and tiny entity does not exist, being recognized by basically nobody; even its Russian client does not formally...
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The US Air Force Is Testing Google Glass For Combat Use
The U.S. Air Force’s “BATMAN” research team at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is beta-testing Google Glass for possible use on the battlefield.And so far, it likes what it sees.The positive...
View ArticleHaunting Visions Of World War I Live On In These Overlay Photos
World War I started 100 years ago this year. Thought of as the "war to end all wars," it left Europe in shambles as over 9 million people died and large parts of cities throughout the continent were...
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Marine Shoots, Kills Fellow Guard At Camp Lejeune Base
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities at Camp Lejeune (luh-JERN') in North Carolina say a Marine standing guard at the main gate has shot and killed another guard.A statement from the base said the...
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Why The Scaremongering About Murderous Veterans Is Ridiculous
After a mass shooting at Fort Hood that left three dead, some have speculated that shooter Specialist Ivan Lopez was driven over the edge by post traumatic stress disorder following his deployment to...
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Chinese Military Leader Confronts Hagel With Bleak WWII Japanese Occupation...
BEIJING (Reuters) - In one of the many frank exchanges U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had in China this week, General Fan Changlong told him how one of his uncles died as a slave in a Japanese mine...
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The Navy's Futuristic New Weapon, Explained In 5 GIFs
The U.S. Navy has been working to create a rail gun prototype at least since 2012.The rail gun, which uses of electromagnetic forces to power projectiles, has already undergone extensive testing on...
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