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Millions of Thais will go to the polls Sunday to vote on a new constitution that gives dramatic extra powers to the country’s military, which seized control of the government in a 2014 coup. Voters will be asked whether they accept the draft constitution, and whether to permit the country’s Senate to jointly vote for […]

17 U.S. intelligence agencies, including those of the armed services, and involves human intelligence, spy satellites, electronic eavesdropping, and cyber and social media monitoring.

This material is the first key component of futuristic smart uniforms that also will respond to and protect from environmental chemical hazards.

The Saudis took extreme exception to the U.S. and the President’s decision to not take military action against the Syrian regime. They vowed to go it alone.

As hundreds of police officers hit the streets of Munich last month fearing a terrorist attack, Germany’s defense minister broke a national taboo: She ordered soldiers to prepare to step in. After police found a lone teenage shooter, not a team of terrorists, killed nine victims and himself, the 100-strong army unit didn’t leave its base. […]

To hear officials in Washington tell it, after two years of often sluggish offensives, Iraqi forces are finally starting turn the tide in the fight against Islamic State. In particular, the Pentagon has focused on the exploits of the elite Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service during efforts to retake important cites such as Ramadi and Fallujah. “We are […]

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For the first time ever, the Bundeswehr is preparing joint exercises with the police to face terrorist scenarios in Germany. But despite conservative pressure, this decision will not require a constitutional amendment. Point four of the nine-point plan that Angela Merkel presented on Thursday to deal with potential terrorism suggested that Germany had crossed a […]

In January he called for the number of army reserves to be boosted from the current 28,000 to 40,000 by 2019. France has not had a national guard since 1872.

The vehicles are re-engineered with crew protection, enhanced suspension for improved off-road mobility, and a reinforced chassis for durability.

SFAS is known as a grueling 21-day program in which candidates are identified only by a number, such as a “Candidate 122,” and receive the majority of their instructions from dry-erase boards.

Women are set to attend SOF training and join the force as operators, but the system may not be prepared to receive them.