The US soldiers will receive special legal treatment in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. New rules involve tax incentives, lower prices, immunity from criminal prosecution and potential conflicts with local population. The Baltic States have agreed with the United States about status of presence of American troops on their territory…
The 75th Ranger Regiment Hits the Ground in Syria for Raqqa Offensive…
After months of planning and deliberations, the 75th Ranger Regiment has been deployed to Syria to participate in the war against ISIS as the coalition closes in on the so-called caliphate’s capital city of Raqqa. Yesterday, the first images emerged of Stryker armored vehicles on their way to Manbij. This comes weeks after Rangers deployed […]
More on the Deployment of U.S. Forces to Syria’s Manbij…
The U.S. military has deployed a small number of forces in and around the Syrian city of Manbij as part of a new role to ensure that the different parties in the area do not attack each other, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday. Captain Jeff Davis told reporters the forces were stationed inside and […]
Pentagon Plan to Seize Raqqa Calls for Significant Increase in U.S. Participation…
A Pentagon plan for the coming assault on Raqqa, the Islamic State capital in Syria, calls for significant U.S. military participation, including increased Special Operations forces, attack helicopters and artillery, and arms supplies to the main Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighting force on the ground, according to U.S. officials…
The Torment of the Neocons by Pat Lang…
The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers – They’re Dying and the Media Is Silent…
The legacy of death and misery from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan continues today, and, once again, Dick Cheney plays a central role. A new book by Joseph Hickman, a former U.S. Marine and Army sergeant, titled “The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America’s Soldiers” details how soldiers and local civilian populations were exposed […]
U.S. Troops ‘in Combat’ in Mosul, Some Have been Wounded…
While nominally operating as military advisors to the Iraqi forces, the US servicemen taking part in the assault on Mosul have been involved in front-line fighting and an undisclosed number have suffered battle injuries, according to military officials. US soldiers “have come under fire at different times, they have returned fire at different times in […]
Nation’s Largest Military Shipbuilder Is Hiring 3k New Employees…
The nation’s largest military shipbuilder says it plans to hire 3,000 workers in Virginia this year. Huntington Ingalls Industries says that number includes 250 engineers and designers. Spokeswoman Christie Miller said its facility in Newport News is also recruiting IT professionals, welders and shipfitters. The yard builds and overhauls nuclear aircraft carriers…
U.S. Military Deploys ‘Nuclear Sniffer’ Due to Radiation Spikes Being Detected…
U.S. Air Force deploys WC-135 nuclear sniffer aircraft to UK as spike of radioactive Iodine levels is detected in Europe… Along with monitoring nuke testing, the WC-135 is used to track radioactive activity as happened after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in the Soviet Union in 1986 and Fukushima incident back in 2011…As of yet, […]
Obama Administration Used Depleted Uranium in Syria…
Officials have confirmed that the U.S. military, despite vowing not to use depleted uranium weapons on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria, fired thousands of rounds of the such munitions during two high-profile raids on oil trucks in Islamic State-controlled Syria in late 2015. The air assaults mark the first confirmed use of this armament […]
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