The Pic of the Day: US Special Forces train Malian special forces soldiers

The Pic of the Day: US Special Forces train Malian special forces soldiers

Malian special forces soldiers participate in combat reload drills at Loumbila, Burkina Faso, on February 16th. Operation Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise that has strengthened key partner nation forces throughout North and West Africa as well as Western Special Forces since 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Peter Seidler) […]

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

On Monday, Russia issued an unusually cryptic threat, specifically to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein on Twitter. The message cited the F-35, America’s most advanced stealth fighter, and included footage of Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles shooting down aircraft. ‘If a Russia… ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace’, we would […]

The Pic of the Day: China’s Army, the largest in the world, on parade in Vientiane, Laos

The Pic of the Day: China’s Army, the largest in the world, on parade in Vientiane, Laos

Columns of tanks participate in a military parade during a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Armed Forces in Vientiane, Laos, on January 20th. China’s active duty military numbers exceed two million troops, though they largely lack the ability to deploy in large numbers beyond China’s borders. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua, courtesy of […]

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

Russia issues strange warning specifically to General David L. Goldfein and F-35s on Twitter

On Monday, Russia issued an unusually cryptic threat, specifically to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein on Twitter. The message cited the F-35, America’s most advanced stealth fighter, and included footage of Soviet-era surface-to-air missiles shooting down aircraft. ‘If a Russia… ever was to see an F-35 inside its airspace’, we would […]

Project Dilithium: The Army’s plan to bring nuclear reactors into combat zones

Project Dilithium: The Army’s plan to bring nuclear reactors into combat zones

Laser weapons, advanced radar arrays, electronic warfare systems and a constantly-evolving web of data feeds pouring into field command operation centers may be changing the ways we fight wars, but the methodology we use to power all the tech hasn’t changed much since the early days of digitizing warfare. Diesel generators, often dependent on convoy-heavy […]

The Pic of the Day: US and Royal Thai troops conduct live fire exercises

The Pic of the Day: US and Royal Thai troops conduct live fire exercises

Royal Thai Armed Forces and U.S. service members conduct a combined arms live fire exercise during Cobra Gold ’19 at Sukhothai, Kingdom of Thailand, on February 22nd. Cobra Gold is one of the largest theater security cooperation exercises in the Indo-Pacific and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the […]

The Pic of the Day: Virgin Galactic takes crew to the edge of space

The Pic of the Day: Virgin Galactic takes crew to the edge of space

Per Virgin Galactic’s press release: In its fifth supersonic rocket-powered test flight, Virgin Galactic reached space for the second time today in the skies above Mojave, California. Spaceship VSS Unity reached its highest speed and altitude to date and, for the first time, carried a third crew member on board along with research payloads from […]

The Pic of the Day: US Army soldiers detonate mine-clearing charges in Germany

The Pic of the Day: US Army soldiers detonate mine-clearing charges in Germany

U.S. soldiers with the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, detonate a mine-clearing line charge fired from their M1 assault breacher vehicle at the Camp Aachen training area, Grafenwoehr, Germany on January 23, 2019. The Ironhorse Brigade conducted Combined Resolve XI Phase II in support of Atlantic Resolve, an enduring […]

The Pic of the Day: Political opposition protests continue in Venezuela

The Pic of the Day: Political opposition protests continue in Venezuela

Thousands of protesters gather at Avenida Francisco de Miranda during a demonstration organized by Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, on February 12, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelans are demanding the military forces let humanitarian aid into the country. (Photo by Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)   Watch President Trump discuss the situation in Venezuela […]