Today is the tenth anniversary of an appalling act of slaughter, even among the long catalogue of such acts since September 11th. It was committed at an American military base by an “American” major, and thus is analogous to similar acts by Afghan “allies” on western troops in Nato barracks, or the recent murder of […]
HEADS UP: Secretive Warfare Training Being Staged Across North Carolina Counties…
A series of Special Forces military training exercises — including gunfire with blanks — is being staged across 21 North Carolina counties starting Aug. 30, and the Army is telling the public not to be alarmed at the suspicious-looking activity. Known as Robin Sage training, the unconventional warfare exercises can be likened to live-action role […]
Guarding the Noblest Acre in America by Sen Tom Cotton…
Easy 40 and Easy 71 had just landed at Camp Taji north of Baghdad to refuel and to drop off and pick up passengers. These two Black Hawk helicopters were moving troops around Baghdad-area bases on Jan. 20, 2007. As they took off, Easy 40 had a four-man crew and eight passengers, soldiers with little […]
Armed Soldiers Heading to U.S.-Mexico Border After Mexico Disarmed National Guard on American Soil…
President Donald Trump warned Mexico’s government on Wednesday to keep its military from interfering with U.S. soldiers who now patrol the border in support of immigration enforcers. A Mexican military detachment disarmed an American soldier on April 13 after forcing him and another serviceman to get out of an unmarked Customs and Border Protection car, […]
Mexican Troops Disarmed American Soldiers on U.S. Side of the Border…
Armed Mexican troops disarmed two United States soldiers while they were on the American side of the border, U.S. defense officials have said. U.S. Northern Command said in a statement that “five to six Mexican military personnel questioned two U.S. Army soldiers who were conducting border support operations” this month. The U.S. soldiers were in […]
Armed Border Militia Member Accused of Detaining Illegal Migrants Arrested in New Mexico…
A New Mexico man belonging to a militia group accused of detaining migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border at gunpoint was arrested Saturday on charges of firearms possession by a felon, authorities said. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, was arrested in the border community of Sunland Park with the help of local authorities, the FBI said in […]
Suicides Among Active-Duty Soldiers Are Up About 20 Percent…
The Army reported an uptick in active-duty suicides in 2018, according to service statistics, though deaths by suicide were slightly down in the total force. Out of 303 total reports, 138 came from the active-duty side ― 22 more than in 2017, Defense Department statistics show. “Like the rest of America, the Army continues to […]
U.S. General Shot in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan…
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders in Kandahar province last week, the Pentagon has confirmed. Cdr. Grant Neeley, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Resolute Support spokesperson, and a U.S. defense official both confirmed the incident to Fox News on Sunday, but did not provide […]
‘Terminator’ Tanks with ‘Invisibility’ Cloaking Will Fight Future Wars…
Imagine if the United States military could send combat vehicles like tanks into battle with enemies – but without a single American on the battlefield – instead, the vehicles drive and fight autonomously. And what if these heavily armed and armored smart vehicles were also invisible to the enemy? Now factor in this – these […]
Top Civilian Leader Says the Army Needs a Complete Makeover…
The Army is at a crossroads. It can either radically change the way it recruits and trains soldiers, develops and buys new weapons, and adapts its doctrine and tactics to modern warfare, or risk being as irrelevant as horse-mounted cavalry. That was the message Army Secretary Mark Esper, the service’s civilian leader, delivered Monday to […]
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