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  • Corps exploring rifle upgrades

    Apr 29, 2013 18:05

    Corps exploring rifle upgrades

    The Army is working with the Marine Corps as it considers a new service weapon for soldiers, but the commandant says it remains to be seen whether Marines will be equipped with new weapons, too. During an April 16 hearing, [...]

     
  • Afghan commanders worry over loss of American air power

    Apr 29, 2013 5:20

    Afghan commanders worry over loss of American air power

    The Pentagon is accelerating the deployment of mortars and artillery to Afghanistan’s fledgling army in an effort to help compensate for the loss of American air power, which has proved devastating against the Taliban over the years. The loss of [...]

     
  • 4 airmen killed in MC-12 Liberty crash in Afghanistan

    Apr 28, 2013 16:51

    4 airmen killed in MC-12 Liberty crash in Afghanistan

    The U.S. Air Force on Sunday said the coalition plane that crashed the day before in southern Afghan, killing four service members, was an MC-12 Liberty aircraft. The twin-engine turboprop plane provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or direct support to [...]

     
  • SEAL battles poachers to save rhinos

    Apr 28, 2013 9:41

    SEAL battles poachers to save rhinos

    While special operators typically protect Americans, Jeff “Biggs” Wobig and his friends have branched out to another population: rhinos. Wobig, a 29-year-old special warfare operator first class, is a SEAL in the Navy Reserve. He’s also a newly minted TV star. [...]

     
  • Plane debris near Ground Zero prompts search for human remains

    Apr 28, 2013 9:38

    Plane debris near Ground Zero prompts search for human remains

    The New York City medical examiner’s office plans to resume searching for human remains two blocks from the World Trade Center after the sudden discovery of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes hijacked on Sept. 11, [...]

     
  • North Korea charges U.S. man in plot to overthrow regime

    Apr 27, 2013 23:11

    North Korea charges U.S. man in plot to overthrow regime

    North Korea announced Saturday that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted. The [...]

     
 

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  • Operation NIMROD – a different view

    Operation NIMROD – a different view

    Mar 23, 2013 19:57

    April 30, 1980: DAY ONE “Sometimes I wake up at night thinking worried about what I would do if I had fifty people trapped in one of our...

     
 

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  • Life in the French Foreign Legion

    Life in the French Foreign Legion

    Oct 7, 2012 19:29

    King Louis-Philippe established French Foreign Legion on 10.03.1831. in support of the war in Algeria.”Whatever your origins, nationality...

     
 

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  • LION Tactical Rescue Stretchers

    LION Tactical Rescue Stretchers

    Apr 25, 2013 17:55

    LION Tactical Rescue Stretchers is light weight casualty extraction solution for military and law enforcement. There is two different patents,...

     
 

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  • Famous Veteran: Kris Kristofferson

    Famous Veteran: Kris Kristofferson

    Apr 25, 2013 17:17

    “I want you to know I’m an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops;...

     
 
 

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