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A Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft conducts division tactical navigation training near Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Aug. 18, 2017. The aircraft is assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego
As Germany prepares to assume the mantle as the head of NATO’s crisis response force in 2019, its military forces are in a horrible state of readiness that has left the military virtually non-deployable. Despite their economic strength, security experts claim that the Germans will be unable to meet their obligations and that they are […]
Google employees are quitting the internet giant over the company’s work with “Project Maven”, a drone program that is using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to help analyze huge amounts of captured surveillance footage. Billed as a way of maintaining “advantages over increasingly capable adversaries,” the project is formally known as the Algorithmic Warfare […]
Pilots in a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft conduct navigation training from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Aug. 18, 2017. The training allows the pilots to perform gear drops in close proximity to a single location, which enhances operational efficiency. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Abrego
The Puerto Rico National Guard has released the names of the nine men who died aboard a military plane that went down Wednesday in Port Wentworth. The pilot of the plane was identified as Maj. Jose R. Roman Rosado of Manati. He served for 18 years and is survived by his pregnant wife and two sons. Others lost in […]
Marines board an MV-22B Osprey during rapid response training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, May 4, 2018. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jon Sosner
Check out the Blue Angels ‘Sneak Pass’ in this video. What do you think? The best one ever? Maybe we should ask the people in the video. Did you catch their reactions? Enjoy some additional ‘Sneak Passes’ courtesy of the Blue Angels. Double Sneak Pass! Featured image by US Navy
China sent it’s yet to be named, first domestically built aircraft carrier out on sea trials while stating they plan to build more. The new aircraft carrier left the shipyard in northeastern Dalian at 6.45am, Xinhua reported, sailing out of the port half an hour later in heavy fog to put its home-grown power and […]
One of Winston Churchill’s most iconic speeches took place on this day in 1940. Europe was embroiled in the beginnings of World War II, which Britain, France, and Belgium were ill-prepared for and were about to be swept from the mainland under the onslaught of the German blitzkrieg. Churchill addressed Parliament in the House of […]
These airshow enthusiasts perched on hay bales got an up close and personal look of a US Navy Blue Angels F-18. Featured image by US Navy
Video of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, performing at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show 2018. Featured image by US Navy
Note: The soldier laughing and swearing in the video below was given a letter of reprimand. Explicit Language Warning The Army said in a statement to Fox News that Sgt. John T. Skipper, 29, was found guilty in a court-martial of three instances of destroying military property worth over $500 and lying during the official […]
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