US Military Dropped Bombs On Great Barrier Reef Because Drop Zone 'Wasn't Clear'
The United States military said Monday it had jettisoned four unarmed bombs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef during a training exercise only because civilian boats had strayed into the drop zone.The...
View ArticleThere's No Reason To Worry About Cuba Shipping Decrepit MiG-21s To North Korea
The two MiG-21s that were intercepted on their way from Cuba to North Korea should not concern anyone: the bird is the airborne equivalent of your grandfather's old Buick.Yes, the MiG 21 is no longer...
View ArticleHUGE PRISON BREAK IN IRAQ: 500 Escape Including Senior Al-Qaeda Members Who...
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities...
View ArticleTaxpayers Are Paying For Military Brass To Live Rent-Free In Mansions
While Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel plans to cut "20%" of the top officers and senior Defense Department personnel, he doesn't seem too concerned about ditching mansions that house the likes of...
View ArticleTop US General: Here Are America's Military Options In Syria
On Thursday Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told a Senate committee that the Obama administration is considering the use of military force in Syria.On the following day, the...
View ArticleLEAKED DOCUMENT: US Drones Killed 94 Kids In Less Than 3 Years
A new previously classified report from the Pakistani government details how, even before he increase in tempo and questionable drone tactics of the Obama administration, strikes from American drones...
View ArticleMarine General James 'Chaos' Mattis Agrees To Kick Knowledge Into The...
Recently retired legendary Marine Gen. James Mattis has accepted positions with Dartmouth and Stanford universities, Foreign Policy is reporting.Mattis stepped down from his post as Commanding General,...
View ArticleThe World's Special Forces Quietly Held Their 'Counterterrorism Olympics' At...
The world's most elite military special forces met up at a military compound in Jordan to compete in what organizers call "the Olympics of counterterrorism."Contributing editor to Rolling Stone...
View ArticleRussia Announces New $735M Naval Aviation Training Center
According to RIA Novosti the Russian Navy is to stop using the NITKA complex in Crimea. The new facility will be open in Yeysk, in the region of Sea of Azov.Mastering arrested landing on arrested...
View ArticleAn American Passport Found In Al Qaeda Camp In Syria
If you are an American citizen named Amiir Farouk Ibrahim and you're fighting with al-Qaeda linked rebels in northern Syria, your passport has been found. Among documents recovered in northern Syria by...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Know About Russia's Deadliest Helicopter
The Russian-developed Mi-24 "Hind" helicopter is one of the most deadly and versatile aircraft on the planet.For 30 years, the gunship has given the Russian military incredible battlefield...
View ArticleIran Is Increasingly Calling The Shots For Assad In Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been forced gradually to cede power to Iran to prop up his regime during the grinding conflict in Syria.The implications for the Middle East could be...
View ArticleAir Force Airman Directs 7 Tons Of Bombs, Saves Green Beret, Earns Second...
Technical Sergeant Ismael Villegas was completely open to enemy fire, but it didn't make a difference, to him, there was only one objective in mind.It was early 2011, and the mission was only supposed...
View ArticleThe Army’s Giant Spy Blimp Is Coming To The Washington Area
A radar and weapons detection system currently employed in Afghanistan and largely designed for naval fleets is coming to the Washington D.C. area. The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated...
View ArticleFormer Marine Faces Capital Murder Charges In Death Of Legendary Navy SEAL...
DALLAS (AP) — The North Texas man accused of killing former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and another man has been indicted.Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine and Iraqi war veteran charged with killing...
View ArticleHow A US Spy Ship Became A North Korean Trophy
North Korea unveiling its greatest Cold War prize: captured US Navy spy ship USS PuebloPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If there was ever any doubt about what happened to the only U.S. Navy ship that is...
View ArticleWhat It Looks Like When A Navy Ship Does A Donut
This is the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) U.S.S. Independence throwing down the sickest of donuts off the San Diego coast.It's too bad donuts don't translate to combat serviceability,...
View Article18 Of The Most Outrageous Military Ethics Violations
The U.S. Department of Defense just updated its Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, and boy does it contain some doozies.Taking a Blackhawk to lunch? Russian-bride scam? Faking your own death? It's got...
View ArticleThis Soldier's Official Liberty Request For The Playboy Mansion Is Incredible
This is truly epic.This is an official liberty request from an Army unit in North Carolina so that a soldier can go visit the Playboy Mansion.Friends of mine have left the service and visited the...
View ArticleREPORT: NSA Asks For Encryption Keys That Could Allow It To 'Live On The...
Government surveillance requests have reportedly gone as far demanding master encryption keys, from technology companies, Declan McCullagh of CNET reports.Encryption keys are so important to government...
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