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Back in 2010, the only true “Top Gear” (and presenters) filmed a segment about the seemingly indestructible Toyota Hilux pickup truck. The segment has gone on to become legendary among automotive types on the internet, as the truck repeatedly failed to die, despite an utterly insane amount of abuse that included letting it get washed out […]
Soldiers and equipment arrive at White Sands missile Range for the exercise Vigilant Shield 18. Includes video of equipment arriving at Condron Army Airfield, and Soldiers arriving at the vacant, move-in-ready company area. – Defense Video A 10-day rapid deployment exercise designed to test the Army’s capacity to protect critical defense facilities kicked off here today with the […]
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman has successfully completed a tailored shipboard test availability and final evaluation problem and is underway preparing for future operations. – US Navy U.S. Navy photo by Mass […]
Water survival training is a requirement for almost all military pilots. The US Air Force has mandatory tri-annual water survival training designed to refresh pilots on recovery procedures if they have to eject over water. “Water survival training is an excellent opportunity for us to understand what we would have to do should we have to eject,” […]
A U.S. Marine and Airman perform scout swimmer training during Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course, March 24, 2017, at Key West, Fla. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations […]
The art of applying camouflage face paint is considered by many to be a lost one. In the following video Brent0331 a Marine with combat deployments bolstering his already formidable knowledge does a video on different techniques for camouflaging ones face. Photo courtesy of Brent0331 This article is courtesy of The Loadout Room.
A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis you probably have never seen before. Like a comet streaking across the atmosphere, the Space Shuttle Atlantis left space for the final time on July 21, 2011, descending to a smooth landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This astronaut photograph, taken from the vantage of the International Space […]
Delivery drones may be filling the skies sooner than you thought! President Trump just issued an executive order to speed up the process for approval of unmanned drone delivery systems. The program will help tackle the most significant challenges in integrating drones into the national airspace while reducing risks to public safety and security. In less […]
If you fly or have flown an aircraft with an ejection seat you always think about having to actually pull that yellow handle. Will you know when to go or will you wait too long to make that decision? This video shows actual ejections and brings to realization that the decision of when to go is a […]
Two American women who had been lost at sea for five months were rescued by the U.S. Navy’s Sasebo-based amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) some 900 miles southeast of Japan on Wednesday. The mariners, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, as well as their two dogs, had been en route to Tahiti from […]
There are many tactical hydration methods for carrying water on you during “tactical” doings. Some work better then others. Ultimately it comes down to what works for you in your mission set. In the following video I discuss some new novel ideas as well as old fall backs that have withstood the test of time. Watch below […]
The Islamic State has released a video which claims to show a drone attack on a Syrian government ammunition depot on October 15th. The video has clear footage of what appears to be a drone hovering over a collection of military equipment and dropping at least two bombs on it. The ensuing fire and explosions […]
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