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Students endure the first day of Ranger School during the Ranger Assessment Phase at Camp Darby, Fort Benning, Ga., July 25, 2016. RAP week begins with the Ranger Physical Assessment, which requires students to complete 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a 5-mile run in 40:00 minutes, and six chin-ups. Following the RPA, students conduct the Combat […]
In sub-Saharan Africa, trouble keeps expanding in the form of new branches of extremist terror and criminal organizations. The question today is: Who is the Islamic State in the greater Sahara? The easy answer to that question is they are an Islamic State affiliation, which means they fall in line with Al Baghdadi’s group in […]
Two soldiers were killed and six more were injured in an incident involving a military vehicle and group formation on Fort Jackson in South Carolina on Friday. All of the injured soldiers were evacuated to a nearby civilian hospital where two remain in critical condition. According to a statement made by Pat Jones of the […]
Special Operations Command sniper attached to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), walks along a ridgeline during a special reconnaissance mission, Feb. 17, 2016, while participating in training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms, urban operations and joint coalition level integration training promoting […]
Saddam Hussein was unable to battle in the air during Desert Storm because of coalition forces’ air superiority. He decided to use Scud missiles to attack Israel in January 1991. Tactically, the Scud would not have a major impact, but its strategic effect was felt Jan. 18 when seven Scuds hit several Israeli cities. The […]
As Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 concert goers on the streets below his 32nd floor hotel room in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Jesus Campos, a hotel security guard, was patrolling the halls of the hotel. The crowd below didn’t immediately react to the sound of the rapid gunfire as country music […]
Special Warfare Boat Operators (SB) from Naval Special Warfare Boat Team (SBT) 12 make their way to a cargo ship to practice maritime visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristopher Kirsop/Released
While law enforcement has begun releasing details regarding how a 64-year-old retired accountant was able to take the lives of nearly 60 people and injure hundreds more from his 32nd floor hotel room above the Las Vegas strip, very little has surfaced thus far regarding why. The scene police found inside Steven Paddock’s room, which […]
As gunfire rained down on thousands of people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino on Sunday, killing nearly 60 and injuring more than 500 more, law enforcement was faced with a significant challenge: how do you find the shooter in a building that reportedly houses 3,309 rooms. As Stephen Paddock […]
Tech tycoon Elon Musk is no stranger to making headlines, or, one could argue, history, but even for Musk, his latest SpaceX announcement seems downright ambitious. Last week, Musk not only laid out plans for a rocket-based transportation system that could put commercial airlines to shame, but he nonchalantly included plans to send a cargo […]
Soldiers assigned to 1-10th Special Forces Group, maneuver through a shooting range during a weapons training exercise at the Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany, Nov. 08, 2016. Army Photo by Spc. Jason Johnston
U.S. Special Operations Soldiers head toward their objective during Jackal Stone 2016 in Tblisi, Georgia. Jackal Stone 2016 is a bilateral Georgian, U.S. counter terrorism and crisis management exercise. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Fichtl
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