John McCain Can’t Fully Support Parents Letting Their Daughters Join The...
Sen. John McCain said today that the state of sexual assault in the military is in such disrepair that he can no longer recommend that young women join the military.The Senate Armed Services...
View ArticleBlack Box Catches Telling Words Of Pilot In Disastrous Afghanistan Plane Crash
The black box captured the pilot’s final words, seconds before the cargo jet fell out of the sky. They were believed to have been “wait, wait.”There's speculation though — following the discovery of...
View ArticleMilitants From More Than 25 Countries Have Joined The Battle In Syria
We've reported on how foreign fighters are vital to the Syrian opposition, but until now there hasn't been a definitive report on how many have fought and died during the revolution-turned-sectarian...
View ArticleUS Marine And His Family Kidnapped In Mexico
The F.B.I. is searching for clues and calling on the public’s help to track down a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped in Mexico. Armando Torres III went missing in La Barranca, Tamaulipas,...
View ArticleUS Accidentally Uploads Secret Israeli Missile Base Plans To Public Website
The Federal Business Opportunities website clearly says "Do not upload ANY classified materials"— but somehow U.S. government employees uploaded at least 1,000 pages of classified Israeli plans for a...
View Article8 Pictures That Show How Intense The Turkish Protests Are Getting
As protests in Turkey enter their sixth straight day, the earnestness of demonstrators seems to have evolved beyond telling Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan: "Tayyip, Winter is coming."What began as a...
View ArticleBlame Canada For The Army's $5 Billion Combat Uniform Debacle
Canada's Guy Cramer, a camouflage expert, wants the record corrected.Recently we wrote about how the Army's $5 billion uniform debacle started when Marines adopted a digital camouflage uniform. The...
View ArticleThis Is Easily The Most Ridiculous Basic Training Photo We Have Ever Seen
Drill Instructors (U.S.M.C.) and Drill Sergeants (U.S. Army) see a lot of ridiculous stuff in their time, but this image definitely takes the cake for basic training screw ups.Redditor AsianThunder has...
View ArticleUS Marines And Syrian Rebels Have More In Common Than You Think [PHOTOS]
Warfighters of every thread, color, creed and flag have a few commonalities.Combat is combat, after all, and in quiet moments troops joke around and take care of themselves and their equipment.In the...
View ArticleNorway Developed The Coolest Missile Out Right Now [VIDEO]
When people think about Norway, Vikings, cool blue waters, beautiful mountains, and people in funny outfits like this come to mind. Not crazy-awesome killer missiles.So a new video on YouTube that...
View ArticleWhat Are 108,000 Military Contractors Still Doing In Afghanistan?
The number of contractors working in Afghanistan now vastly outnumbers American troops stationed there, according to a Congressional Research Service report.CRS, along with the Government...
View ArticleHaunting Infrared Photos Of War-Torn Congo
If Richard Mosse's photography has succeeded in doing one thing, it's illustrating the crimson of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a way that makes the war-torn nation look like it's from...
View ArticleIowa City Is About To Take An Unprecedented Stand Against Government...
Iowa City is about to pass the country's first municipal bill that simultaneously bans local use of drones, license plate readers, and red-light cameras, Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica reports.The...
View ArticleREVEALED: NSA Is Collecting Phone Records Of Millions Of Americans Daily
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in...
View ArticleMicrosoft And The FBI Are Teaming Up To Take Down A Global Cyber Crime Ring
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen...
View ArticleThank You, Unknown Patriot, For Exposing The Spying On Verizon Customers
The federal government forced Verizon to turn over information on the phone calls of millions of innocent Americans and forbade them from telling anybody about it, The Guardianreports.Kudos to Glenn...
View ArticleUS: Russian Warships In The Mediterranean Are Resupplying The Syrian Regime
U.S. intelligence agencies believe three Russian amphibious warships in the eastern Mediterranean are carrying weapons shipments to resupply the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a Pentagon...
View ArticleObama Administration Defends Taking All Your Phone Records
In its first semi-official comment from the White House about The Guardian's Verizon/NSA phone-snooping scoop, the administration didn't admit to collecting the telephone records of millions of...
View ArticleTurkish Prime Minister Is Doing Everything He Can To Goad Protesters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan remains defiant after returning from a four-day trip to Africa, fueling the public anger that has led to six days of intense protests.On Thursday he reiterated...
View ArticleDrone Operator: The Recruiter Used A 'James Bond' Reference In His Pitch
His kill count makes that of legendary SEAL sniper Chris Kyle seem tame by comparison.Kyle killed upwards of 160 insurgents with his rifle. Drone Operator Brandon Bryant, on the other hand, was...
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