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SGT Bowe Bergdahl was sentenced on Friday after lengthy military court proceedings have come to a close. He will serve no time in prison, but has been dishonorably discharged. The prosecution was trying to swing a 14 year sentence, a downgrade from the life sentence that was also a possibility. Bergdahl’s attorneys got what they […]
75th Ranger Regiment Wins Best Ranger competition Master Sgt. Josh Horsager of the 75th Ranger Regiment took first place in the 2017 Best Ranger competition, held April 7-9, 2017, at Fort Benning, Georgia. The event is in its 34th year. The competition is designed to determine the best two-Soldier Ranger team in the Army. Image […]
On October 23, 2017, former White House Advisor on U.S. Middle East Policy under President George W. Bush, Elliott Abrams, spoke at Georgetown University about American foreign policy in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. The speech centered around Abrams’ new book, “Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy after the Arab […]
Some of the physical changes associated with prolonged duration space flights are already widely known. Muscular atrophy, for instance, begins to set in as astronauts living in microgravity environments like the International Space Station adjust to no longer needing to support their own weight. Over the years, NASA and its peers in the international community […]
A U.S. Marine and Airman perform scout swimmer training during Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course, March 24, 2017, at Key West, Fla. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations […]
As police descended upon the apartment of Takahiro Shiraishi in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, following up a lead provided by the brother of a 23-year-old missing woman, they may have been prepared for the possibility that the young woman was already dead. She had begun interacting with Shiraishi on Twitter after posting about wanting to find […]
Iceland—In yet another European election Icelanders flocked to the polls to decide their nation’s future. Could the result spell trouble for NATO and U.S. interests in the Arctic? First some background. In the Second World War, the Allies had a strategically vital base in the small island nation. The Allied supply convoys from North America […]
Command Sergeant Major Brian Rarey has been removed from his position as the 1st Special Forces Command CSM as of today, his name disappearing from the unit’s official table of organization chart on their website. 1st Special Forces Command is the umbrella organization under which the entire U.S. Special Forces operates, including 1st, 3rd, 5th, […]
On Wednesday, the U.S. Navy released reports detailing the events that led to two tragic collisions between U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels that occurred earlier this year. These separate incidents, one involving the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and another involving the USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), both shared a single culprit, according to […]
Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) is the largest city in Myanmar (Burma). Over 2,000 locals have flooded the streets in support of the Army’s recent actions against the Rohingya people in the western areas of the country. Many are Buddhist nationalists and some are even Buddhist monks. They have expressed a desire to strengthen the […]
Brussels—Former Catalan leadership flees to Belgium. Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and five members of his former cabinet are in the Belgian capital. “We came to avoid a confrontation that may possibly have occurred if we stayed in Barcelona,” said Puigdemont in a press conference. But he clarified that he wouldn’t be seeking political asylum […]
“The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment’s mission is to organize, equip, train, resource and employ Army special operations aviation forces worldwide in support of contingency missions and combatant commanders. Known as Night Stalkers, these Soldiers are recognized for their proficiency in nighttime operations. They are highly trained and ready to accomplish the very toughest missions […]
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