The Pic of the Day: Flooding continues to cause devastation across Midwest

The Pic of the Day: Flooding continues to cause devastation across Midwest

Homes and businesses are surrounded by floodwaters on March 20, 2019 in Hamburg, Iowa. Several Midwestern states are battling some of the worst flooding they have experienced in decades as heavy rain and melting snow from the recent “bomb cyclone” has inundated rivers and streams. At least three deaths have been linked to the flooding. […]

The Pic of the Day: President Trump departs White House via Marine One

The Pic of the Day: President Trump departs White House via Marine One

Marine One, with President Donald Trump onboard, departs the South Lawn of the White House, March 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)   Learn more about Marine One below: https://youtu.be/6vprqwo6hjA

SOF Video of the Day: What are Air Force Guardian Angels?

SOF Video of the Day: What are Air Force Guardian Angels?

A U.S. Army Task Force Brawler CH-47F Chinook releases flares while conducting a training exercise with a Guardian Angel team assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 26, 2018 in the image above. The Army crews and Air Force Guardian Angel teams conducted the exercise to build teamwork and procedures […]

Watch Russia’s insane AK-drone dogfight with a remote control airplane

Watch Russia’s insane AK-drone dogfight with a remote control airplane

NEWSREP recently reported on a patent filed by Russian arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey in 2018 for what appeared to be a drone built around an AK-47 platform. The patent was first brought to much of the world’s attention thanks to a tweet from defense journalist Steve Trimble. Russian air defense manufacturer Almaz-Antey last year patented a […]

The Pic of the Day: Scout sniper sights in on a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle

The Pic of the Day: Scout sniper sights in on a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nathaniel Lambert sights in behind a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle during a simulated strait transit on February 20, 2019. Lieutenant Lambert is the scout sniper platoon commander with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). He’s aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious […]

The Pic of the Day: Ice rescue training in the Arctic Ocean

The Pic of the Day: Ice rescue training in the Arctic Ocean

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Wells pulls himself out of the Arctic Ocean during ice rescue training on October 3, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska. Wells is a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) and participated in ice rescue training in order to qualify as a […]

The Pic of the Day: Marines test plywood drone for disposable resupply

The Pic of the Day: Marines test plywood drone for disposable resupply

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory have begun experimenting with an extremely low-cost resupply drone that can be made out of plywood or aluminum. The drones, designed by Logistic Gliders Inc., are 10.4-feet long with a 23-foot wingspan and a payload capacity of up to 700 pounds. […]

SOF Video of the Day: Special Warfare Combatant-craft Tactical Boat Teams

SOF Video of the Day: Special Warfare Combatant-craft Tactical Boat Teams

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., with the help of aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System training evolution in Moses Lake, Wash., May 21. MEATS is a way to move […]

The Pic of the Day: Kim Jong-un visits Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Vietnam

The Pic of the Day: Kim Jong-un visits Ho Chi Minh mausoleum in Vietnam

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum on March 2, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kim met with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during his two-day official visit following a failed summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, which ended without […]