Former U.S. Navy Sailor is released by Iran in prisoner swap

After two years of being incarcerated in Iran, former Navy Sailor Michael White was released on Thursday after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian scientist who was acquitted last year on charges of trying to steal trade secrets. Asgari was being held in an ICE facility.  The U.S. also terminated a case in […]

How firefighters operate amid the pandemic

This article was written by Frumentarius, a former Navy SEAL, former CIA officer, and currently a Lieutenant in a career fire department in the Midwest. It was originally published on Sandboxx. A dual-company fire station in a typical American city of 160,000 is fully-staffed 24 hours per day, seven days a week, 365 days a […]

The Pic of the Day: What’s going on with USS Theodore Roosevelt?

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam May 15, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-negative crew returned from quarantine beginning on April 29 and is making preparations to return to sea to continue their scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The aircraft carrier was rocked by some hot drama […]

Weekend News Roundup: C’mon Iran, Wonder Woman, Rebel lockdown protesters in Raleigh

Attention: this essay contains language and images that may be offensive to some. Maskless Madman Menaces McDonald’s, Amasses Malice, Makes Mockery of Metropolis Jason Daddario of Brooklyn, Conn. It wasn’t exactly that he came, he saw, he conquered… It was more like he came to McDonald’s, threw a hissy bitch-fit, smashed a window, then stole […]

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbirds inbound!

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, “Thunderbirds”, fly over the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Mercy’s transit to San Diego. Mercy deployed to Los Angeles in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and served as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allowed shore-based hospitals to focus […]

‘It’s not for us but for them,’ Memorial Day activities curtailed

One of the great traditions of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend is the planting of flags by various veterans’ groups along with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and citizens who volunteer to help out.  This year, this isn’t going to happen. According to the National Cemetery Administration, a federal agency that falls within the […]

The Pic of the Day: Airmen and firemen

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adrianna Hopkins, 312th Training Squadron instructor, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, and Senior Airman Christian Hibner, 7th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Dyess AFB, Texas, participate in a burn exercise at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, October, 2018. The 52nd FES Airmen stay mission ready through the COVID-19 pandemic with consistent training to […]

The Pic of the Day: Greet the weekend like these Afghan civilians

The weekend is right around the corner. Relax and have some fun. Don’t worry, the imminent destruction of our civilized world by World War 3/The Pandemic/Aliens will be still there on Monday. Afghan men rest on the back of their wheelbarrows in a Kabul, Afghanistan, intersection on April 29, 2020.

The Pic of the Day: USS Theodore Roosevelt still has a crew

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) board the ship May 2, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s essential watchstanders and cleaning team conducted a crew swap starting April 29, turning over a clean ship to a COVID-negative crew after the completion of their off-ship quarantine or isolation. The aircraft carrier has […]

The Pic of the Day: Should that make it into the next safety brief?

An assortment of F-35 Lightning II’s and F-16’s fly in formation May 1 during a national COVID-19 Total Force flyover at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The flyover included an aerial review over Luke Air Force Base followed by a morale flyover over Phoenix-Metro to demonstrate local military continued readiness during the national COVID-19 response, […]

The Pic of the Day: General and former Delta operator rocking that COVID-19 mask

General Scott Miller, the commanding officer of U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and former Delta Force operator, and Afghan Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid meet with Coalition & Afghan National Security Forces leaders in northern Afghanistan to discuss security operations, including the ongoing levels of Taliban violence.