The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard dive operations under the Artic ice

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Harris, a member of a joint Coast Guard-Navy dive team deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, holds a Coast Guard ensign during a cold water ice dive off a Healy small boat in the Arctic, July 29, 2017. The joint dive team successfully completed the first shipboard […]

The Pic of the Day: Service members’ remains return from the Philippines

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conduct an honorable carry for the remains of unidentified U.S. service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2018. The remains were recently disinterred from graves at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines as part of DPAA’s effort to identify personnel that […]

Domestic security and critical infrastructure protection

One thing NEWSREP strives to maintain coverage on is domestic security.  National security IS domestic security.  If a country fails to protect a factory in one of its hometowns, its national defense apparatus is effectively moot. Although Federal attention has been paid to critical infrastructure since 1996, on a national strategic scale, critical infrastructure and […]

What do we do with our stealth aircraft after we’re through with them?

In 2008, the Pentagon sent the first operational stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk, out to pasture — or at least, sort of. The F-117 flew as an entirely classified program for years before ever being acknowledged by the U.S. Air Force as an operational program in the 1980s, allowing a generation of young Americans […]

Pentagon: US military overdependent on China for critical components

Washington, D.C., United States—In the coming weeks, the Department of Defense (DoD) will release a study examining the U.S. military’s dependence on foreign countries. The study will focus on critical military materials and their providers. The ultimate aim will be to limit or eliminate dependence on foreign firms or countries that could prove adversaries in […]

US’ trade wars bolster China’s global military expansion

China’s rapidly expanding Navy has, thus far, been primarily concerned with the sovereignty of the South China Sea. Their growing “green water” fleet is capable of asserting a great deal of authority within the regional (and globally important) waterway. China, however, still lacks the logistics and vessels to field a globally capable Navy like that […]

America’s $2.8 trillion war with no end in sight

According to a recent Stimson Center study, America’s Global War on Terror has cost the taxpayer about $2.8 trillion since 2002. This, of course, does not even begin to factor in the very real human costs. These come in the form of American soldiers and contractors killed and wounded overseas. These costs also come in […]

The Pic of the Day: Relax and enjoy the view

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows. The image was a self-portrait using natural light. Image courtesy of NASA Watch NASA astronauts talk about […]

The Pic of the Day: Tornado damage in Iowa

Vehicles are covered in rubble from a building damaged by a tornado, Friday, July 20, 2018, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Several buildings were damaged Thursday evening by a tornado in the main business district in town including the historic courthouse. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Watch incredible footage of the tornadoes that caused damage throughout Iowa below:   […]

The Pic of the Day: The President and First Lady arriving in London

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the tarmac after stepping off Air Force One as they arrive at London’s Stansted Airport, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Walking directly behind them is Woody Johnson, center, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais President Trump’s arrival in London spurred […]

The Pic of the Day: Hawaii burning

In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava from Kilauea volcano enters the ocean south of the eruption site near Kapoho, Hawaii on July 18, 2018, on Hawaii’s Big Island. U.S. Geological Survey via AP Watch footage of the Kilauea Volcano Eruption in Hawaii below: