Army’s search for a new combat boot reveals shortcomings with current designs

In an attempt to improve the soldiers’ well-being and effectiveness the U.S. Army is testing prototypes for its new Army Combat Boot (ACB). The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Soldier Center settled on a number of prototypes. Over the span of the next four months, the Army will issue them to recruits […]

Propaganda leaflets that talk and listen: The future of psychological operations?

Always striving to increase its effectiveness, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is aiming to produce leaflets that can talk and listen. Part of a drive for more effective psychological operations (PSYOP), the project is in the early stages of development. SOCOM has managed to create a prototype that is capable of the above. But […]

Navy SEAL becomes first SEAL Fleet Master Chief in naval history

A Navy SEAL is being selected to be the next Fleet Master Chief of Naval Forces Europe and Africa, becoming the first-ever SEAL in the United States Navy’s (USN) history to rise to that position. “I am excited to announce Force Master Chief Derrick Walters will be our new Fleet Master Chief,” said Admiral James […]

Ranger Helicopter Assault Force: Learning to assault from the Little Bird

Editor’s note: This piece was written by NEWSREP Editor-in-Chief and Special Operations veteran, Jack Murphy. Murphy served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. While going through some old photographs the other day I came […]

Watch: An F-16 Pilot’s first combat flight in Afghanistan

The 100 FS, the flying component of the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187 FW, flies the Block 30 F-16C+ Fighting Falcon. From April to November of 2014, they deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. It was the first time an Air National Guard unit stayed for a full six-month […]

Helicopter Assault: Putting SOF on Target

Somewhere in the vicinity of Baghdad, 4 Navy HH-60Hs lift out of a FOB, their cabins packed full of SOF assaulters. As the birds lift, the engines whine, struggling to perform in the hot summer air. The targeted individuals are all members of an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) cell, and tonight we know where they […]

Watch: China reveals footage with its version of the ‘Mother of All Bombs’

The Chinese military has released footage showing the successful testing of the country’s version of the U.S. GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB). According to the state-owned news agency Global Times earlier this week, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the Chinese defense giant North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) successfully tested a powerful […]

Watch: China reveals footage with its version of the ‘Mother of All Bombs’

The Chinese military has released footage showing the successful testing of the country’s version to the U.S. GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB). According to the state-owned news agency Global Times, earlier this week, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the Chinese defense giant North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) successfully tested a powerful […]