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United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo discussed the recent summit where South Korean president Moon Jae-in met with DPRK Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. A major point of discussion during the phone call was North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization. While the countries remain hopeful, the U.S. remained firm […]
The news rarely reports the comings and goings of ordinary people living regular lives, and yet it’s those people who make up the mass majority of the earth. The farmer in north the northern Thai countryside, the truck driver in Cairo or the gas station attendant in Arizona–they are the fabric of society, subject to […]
Off the coast of the Korean peninsula, the U.S. Navy serves as an immense show of force in the face of North Korean aggression, but they’re not the only U.S. forces in the region that Kim Jong Un should be worried about. America’s 8th Army has a history of service in the Pacific dating back […]
Read Part 14 HERE Serving on a combat diver team in the mid to late 1980’s, Hand and his team mates would plan to static line parachute into the Team Spirit exercise but that never happened. Instead they helo-casted from a CH-47 helicopter in the ocean off the coast of South Korea with their Zodiac. […]
Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, conducted an interview for the Department of Defense’s internal news service on Thursday in which he laid out America’s intent to remain the “partner of choice” for Latin American nations in the face of an increased Russian, Chinese, and Iranian presence in the region. According to […]
Remember Your Regiment! Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) honored the men who died in the line of duty in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1963. The 142 names are etched on a memorial in front of the command’s HQs. The memorial commemorates shows the true joint nature of the command and lists U.S. Army, […]
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner transferred to Uruguay in 2014 has vanished and is believed to have left the country under uncertain circumstances, U.S. officials said. Law enforcement is now searching for the former detainee, Syrian national Jihad Ahmed Mustafa Dhiab, in Brazil, a U.S. official said. “We are coordinating with officials in Brazil and Uruguay to determine his whereabouts,” the […]
Out of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world, an incredible 43 of them are located in Central or South America, according to a study released by Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice. Brazil leads the way, with an astonishing 21 cities named on the list, followed by Venezuela, with eight, […]
On the night of January 18, 2015, the mother of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was trying to contact him by telephone. When, after repeated calls, she couldn’t get him to answer, she went to his apartment accompanied by Argentine federal police. Repeated ringing of the doorbell wasn’t answered. The door was locked from the inside. […]
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