Here Are Some Of The US's Options For Cyber-Retaliation Against North Korea
North Korea's isolation from the world, coupled with its abundance of heavy weapons pointed towards South Korea's capital and largest airport, limits a lot of the US's options in responding to...
View ArticleCongressional Researchers: The 'War On Terror' Has Cost $1.6 Trillion So Far
American taxpayers have shelled out roughly $1.6 trillion on war spending since 9/11, according to a new report from Congress’ nonpartisan research arm. That’s roughly $337 million a day -- or nearly a...
View ArticleThe Army Has Finished Its Investigation Of Bowe Berghdal's Disappearance From...
The case of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared from his Afghanistan base in 2009 and was returned to the US earlier this year, is now in the hands of a General Courts Martial Convening...
View ArticleMore Than 500 Veterans Have Died Because Of Mistakes At VA Hospitals Since 2010
More than 500 military veterans died because of serious mistakes at Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country between 2010 and 2014, VA records show.There were a total of 1,452 “institutional...
View ArticleHere's What Might Be Next For ISIS In 2015
In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) extremist group emerged as one of the most powerful jihadi groups, rivaling even Al-Qaeda.The extremist Sunni group now controls vast swathes of territory across Syria...
View ArticleThese Amazing Photos Show Soldiers Playing Soccer Near The Front Lines During...
WWI was one of the first truly modern conflicts. Fought mainly along trenches, the war saw the introduction of chemical weapons, tanks, and aerial combat, alongside the first widespread use of machine...
View ArticlePutin's Grand Military Upgrade Hit A Snag
Russia is in the midst of an intense military buildup, and the country's deteriorating economy is magnifying the cost.During 2015 alone, Russia's national defense budget is expected to be 3.3 trillion...
View ArticleIraq Has Now Lost All Semblance Of National Unity
Iraq has lost its last remaining shreds of national unity as the war against ISIS further fractures the country along ethnic and sectarian lines.In August, Iraq's current Prime Minister, Haidar...
View ArticleThe Taiwan Navy Just Unveiled A Stealth Missile Warship Dubbed The...
The Taiwan Navy unveiled its new self-designed stealth missile corvette in Ilan. The vessel has a wave-piercing twin-hull design which helps it to avoid radar detection.Produced by Devan Joseph. Video...
View Article100 Years Ago, German And British Soldiers Declared A Spontaneous Christmas...
London (AFP) - A letter from a World War I soldier describing the "extraordinary sight" of a spontaneous Christmas ceasefire between German and British soldiers was published on Wednesday, 100 years...
View ArticleThe Navy Seal Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Is Reportedly Under Investigation
The Navy Seal who revealed himself as the man who shot Osama bin Laden is being investigated by military police for leaking secrets, according to reports.Robert O’Neill, 38, who unveiled himself as the...
View ArticleAfter 10 Year Of Western Aid, Afghanistan Is A Dependent Mess
Afghanistan has new roads, sections of which many deem too dangerous to use. It has a turbine to fill electricity needs that remains in pieces. Sixteen transport planes given to the Air Force were...
View ArticleThe US Navy Tweeted An Intense Holiday Card
The US Navy tweeted out a hawkish holiday card featuring a cargo ship carrying presents and a destroyer warship lurking in the background. The card includes the play on words, "presence matters because...
View ArticleChina Captured 20 Religious Extremists As They Attempted To Infiltrate The...
At least one person has been killed and twenty captured during an attempt by religious extremists to cross the border into southern China, local media reported.Details of the event were not clear or...
View ArticleUS Troops Have Been At War On Christmas Since The Nation's Founding
For those who serve, war is surreal, but celebrating Christmas while in a combat zone can be particularly somber. This time last year, I was on a different continent, and instead of a Santa hat, I wore...
View ArticleWhat It's Like At The Training Camp Where US Troops Learn To Survive If They...
For my crime of earning a Naval Flight Officer’s Wings of Gold and being selected for training as an F-14 Tomcat radar intercept officer (like “Goose” in the movie “Top Gun”) I was sent to the Navy’s...
View ArticleHere Are Some Crucial Winter Survival Tips From The US Marine Corps
It was an unseasonably and even historically warm Christmas week for much of the US. But we're only a month into winter, and more intense weather could be just around the corner.In extreme enough cold...
View ArticleDespite Their 'Rapprochement,' Qatar And Egypt Are Still Bitter Rivals
Egypt and Qatar want the world to know they’re friends again.Over the last week, Cairo sacked a hardline anti-Islamist intelligence chief, Doha suspended its pro-Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian channel,...
View ArticleGerman And British Soldiers In Afghanistan Commemorated World War I's...
One hundred years ago, German, British, and French soldiers left their trenches along the western front of World War I to observe the Christmas holiday in peace.Servicemen and women stationed in Kabul...
View ArticleArgentina's Huge Fighter Jet Purchase Could Raise Tensions With Britain
The UK may be forced to review its Falkland Islands air defenses to face a renewed threat in the South Atlantic.According to a report in the Daily Express newspaper, the Argentine Air Force is set to...
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