Category: North America

A Queens homeowner who opened a package that was left on his porch died on Tuesday, four days after he was badly burned when the container exploded in his hands, the police said. The homeowner, George Wray, was severely burned Friday when he opened the package, which had been left atop the steps of his duplex on […]

According to the Army’s Chief of Staff, Mark Milley, the Army needs “breakthrough” technologies, rather than incremental advancements in its tank program.  While the venerable M1A2 Abrams has proven itself in combat time and time again, the forty-year-old platform is beginning to show signs of age, and “incremental” tech upgrades only promise to weigh the […]

Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, spoke at the 4th Japan-U.S. Military Statesmen Forum in Washington D.C. last week, addressing threats to the United States and its allies in the Pacific, including China, North Korea, and the Islamic State in the Philippines. Admiral Harris explained that the nature of the […]

You can read Part One here. Tytan Tactical, an offshoot of the movie production company Tytan Pictures, has more to offer the training industry than its immense prison and surrounding grounds – it also offers a massive 640-acre range just a few minutes down the road from the prison’s front gate.  Travis and his team […]

The route to the former Putnam State Prison that now houses the offices for Tytan Tactical, as well as its parent and partner companies Tytan Pictures and Tytan Creates, takes you through the small town of Eatonton, Georgia.  Like so many other communities in America’s heartland, Eatonton has fallen on tough times in recent years, […]

Warships from the United States, UK, and other allied nations are slated to begin a joint training operation in the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.  The ten-day exercise, titled Saxon Warrior 2017, is intended to increase allied interoperability and collective defense capabilities in the region that has seen a sharp increase in Russian naval activities […]

North Korea conducted yet another ballistic missile test on Friday, but this one may have been the most ominous yet.  The North Korean Hwasong-14 missile, which derives its name from the Korean word for Mars, reached a peak altitude of 2,314.5 miles and remained airborne for a whopping 47 minutes and 12 seconds before ultimately splashing […]

This week is the 25th iteration of DEF CON, the huge hacking convention held annually in Las Vegas that brings together tens of thousands of cyber security professionals, government intelligence agents, corporate business interests, and of course, hackers. Generally held in tandem with another hacking conference, Black Hat, DEF CON is a festival of sorts […]

Any time a group of military personnel set out on a mission, they have to be sure they’ve covered the basics in their loadout.  Water, food, first aid, and ammunition are perhaps the most prominent things that come to mind, as without any of those four items on the packing list, your chances of mission […]

Serving in the Marine Corps is a unique experience.  I know you hear that sort of statement a lot from your crazy uncle that still demands everyone call him “gunny,” and from your high school friend’s nineteen-year-old kid that just hit the fleet and now only shares memes about being a “sheepdog” on Facebook, but […]

Although the Navy’s newest super carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has been garnering most of the attention lately, another carrier named after a president, the Nimitz class USS Harry S. Truman, just crossed a significant hurdle toward returning to full duty. The USS Harry S. Truman recently completed a significant overhaul intended to ensure […]

When President Donald Trump tweeted his reversal of the Obama-era decision to allow transgender people to openly serve in the military on Wednesday, his secretary of defense, Jim Mattis, was on vacation and appalled by the move, according to the New York Times. Mattis apparently only had one day’s notice about the decision, which he had […]