North Korea says it is ready to strike U.S. aircraft carrier

North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, in the latest sign of rising tension as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to call the leaders of China and Japan. The United States ordered the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to sail to waters […]

China places bombers on high alert due to North Korean threats

According to an un-named defense official, China has begun placing bombers on high alert, as well as working to increase its air-ready fleet of fighter jets by stepping up scheduled maintenance.  Their ready posture, however, is not as a result of tensions between China and the United States, but rather is believed to be in […]

American F/A-18 crashes near Philippines while attempting to land on USS Carl Vinson

An American F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed while attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier near the Philippines on Friday.  The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and was promptly recovered by a rescue helicopter assigned to the carrier.  His current medical status has not yet been revealed, but the indicates that the […]

Special Forces Detachment Korea: WWII and Korean War origins (Part 1)

“It was silk everywhere and it was just marvelous to see,” Sergeant Paul Redgate said, describing 4th Ranger Company’s combat jump at Musan-Ni. In was March of 1951, the coldest winter that anyone could remember in Korea. Some American units were decimated by the freezing temperatures alone. Exiting the C-119 airplane, Redgate parachuted to the […]

Tillerson accuses Iran of ‘alarming provocations’ as U.S. reviews policy

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday accused Iran of ‘alarming ongoing provocations’ to destabilize countries in the Middle East as the Trump administration launched a review of its policy toward Tehran. Tillerson told reporters the review, which he announced on Tuesday, would not only look at Tehran’s compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal […]

North vs South: Korean Special Forces

North Korea has been rattling its sabers against the South since hostilities ended nearly 60 years ago. In recent times, they torpedoed a Navy destroyer and shelled islands off the coast in their ongoing attempts to agitate and test the waters of resolve in the Seoul government. Behind this show of strength, though, everyone knows […]