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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl May Be Getting A Huge Amount Of Money After His Release
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could be entitled to about $300,000 in back pay and special compensation following his release as a Taliban prisoner, experts say.Service members designated by the Defense Department...
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I Got A Rare Look Inside The Air Force's Drone Pilot Training
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect. There are hundreds of pages of text to digest, continual testing of...
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Military Fighter Jet Crashes Into Southern California Neighborhood
A U.S. Marine Harrier jet crashed into a neighborhood in Southern California's Imperial Valley on Wednesday afternoon, lighting at least one home on fire, NBC San Diego is reporting.There was no word...
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The Taliban Fighters Who Handed Off Bowe Bergdahl Were Bummed He Didn't Even...
The Taliban fighters who handed off Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a Special Forces team during a prisoner exchange in eastern Afghanistan were reportedly bummed they didn't stick around long enough to exchange...
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This US Veteran Created A Wheelchair That's Built Like A Tank
Combat veteran Brad Soden, inspired by his wife's paralysis, has created a fleet of wheelchairs that are built more like tanks than traditional wheelchairs.Bloomberg Businessweek reports that...
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Here's What An Invitation To The Medal Of Honor Ceremony Looks Like
In about two weeks, former Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter will join a small class of elite warriors of Iraq and Afghanistan who have received the nation’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor.During...
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7 Unbelievable Military Weapons Most People Have Never Heard Of
History is full of examples of human ingenuity run amok. Weapons design is no exception.A group of Quora users sought to answer the question "What are some historical weapons that most people have...
View ArticleCBC Is Tweeting A Blow-By-Blow Account Of D-Day, And It's Incredible
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is tweeting a fascinating blow-by-blow account of the D-Day invasion that took place 70 years ago tomorrow. The D-Day invasion, code named Operation...
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Here's The Famous Message General Dwight D. Eisenhower Wrote The Day Before...
For US Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower – for the thousands of American troops bound for the Normandy invasion – June 5, 1944, was a day of waiting for their lives to change forever.The landings on the coast...
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Here's The Incredible Way The US Military Moves Watercraft By Helicopter [PHOTO]
Taken on May 21 in Moses Lake, Washington, the above image shows Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, in California, conducting Maritime...
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Here's A Nazi Propaganda Video Saying The D-Day Invasion Failed
The success of the Allied D-Day Invasion caught the Nazis off guard and threw their war strategy to the dogs. Suddenly, Nazi Germany found itself fighting a two front war against foes that were making...
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Military Investigation Found Bergdahl Walked Away From His Unit At Least Two...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military investigation of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban found he had slipped away from his unit before but had always returned, raising questions...
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China's Military Spent $145 Billion Last Year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, the Pentagon said...
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Even Democrats Are Running Away From Obama's Deal To Free Bowe Bergdahl
In a difficult election year for congressional Democrats, the Obama administration's swap of prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl for five high-level Taliban isn't helping, as the ensuing flap is prompting...
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An Overwhelming Number Of Troops Want Bergdahl Prosecuted If He's Found To Be...
U.S. service members expect the Army to prosecute Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl if a new Army investigation confirms allegations that he deserted his unit before he was captured, according to a new survey by...
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What Every American Should Consider On The 70th Anniversary Of D-Day
On June 6, 1944, exactly 70 years ago, more than 150,000 brave men participated in the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy.They were American, they were Canadian, they were British; and they were...
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Here Is The Original Associated Press Report From The D-Day Invasion
EDITOR'S NOTE:The newsflash came on a slip of paper in a red-and-white striped courier pouch: "EISENHOWERS HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCES ALLIES LAND IN FRANCE."The Associated Press had some two dozen writers...
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This 97-Year-Old Man Created The D-Day Orders For All Of Occupied France
Seventy years after D-Day, 97-year-old Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac remembers the days leading up to the operation perfectly. He was, after all, the man responsible for creating the D-Day orders for the...
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Report: Militants Hang Taliban Commanders In Eastern Afghanistan
Afghan authorities are reporting that masked men hanged at least 11 Taliban commanders in eastern Afghanistan. RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan quotes the governor of Nuristan Province, Hafez Abdul...
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It’s The Friendships Forged On Deployment That Make Me Miss Being Away
We cheered and applauded as the military cargo aircraft touched down in California.As I stepped onto the tarmac, now safely on American soil, I looked past the flight line to the harbor, and knew...
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