Tag: US military

Imagine you’re a pilot who’s just been shot down over enemy territory (cruel to call upon your imagination and so quickly insert such an unpleasant thought, I know). Upon reaching the ground, you extricate yourself from your parachute as the sounds of approaching enemy vehicles echo in the distance. Grabbing your pack, you sprint for […]

American servicemembers who witnessed or were concerned about the sexual abuse of children by Afghan military and police forces in Afghanistan, including so called “boy play,” were told to turn a blind eye to the “custom” and that it was not a priority for the U.S. military there, according to a new U.S. government report. […]

Caitlan Coleman, who was held in captivity by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network for 5 years, spoke to a reporter for the first time since she was kidnapped. She said she wanted to clear up misinformation about how she was rescued and discussed the moment she realized her ordeal was over. Coleman is recovering with her […]

The father of Caitlan Coleman, the American woman who was imprisoned by a Taliban-affiliated group for five years, lashed out in a Friday interview at her husband, Joshua Boyle, for bringing her to Afghanistan while she was pregnant. “Taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place, to me, and the kind of person I am, it’s unconscionable,” Jim Coleman told ABC […]

Army counterintelligence officials in South Korea are investigating fake mobile alerts and social media messages warning American military families and Defense Department personnel of orders to evacuate the volatile peninsula on Thursday. U.S. Forces Korea “did NOT send this message,” officials said in a subsequent Facebook post. They warned that Americans living in South Korea with U.S. troops […]

Sens. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., have asked credit monitoring service Equifax to explain how it is protecting the 1.3 million active-duty servicemembers affected by a massive data breach this year. The senators sent Equifax CEO Richard F. Smith a letter on Tuesday asking the company to share its plan to help members […]

The U.S. Senate passed its version of a $700 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military but setting the stage for a battle over government spending levels later this year. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 89-8 for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018, or […]

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has given a contract valued at over $300 million to Sikorsky Aircraft for the production of two CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. “I am proud of what the team has negotiated to bring this remarkable and unrivaled helicopter one step closer to the fleet,” said Col Hank Vanderborght, program manager for NAVAIR’s […]

The US Navy sent a P-8 Poseidon maritime, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and the US Air Force sent an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Harvey. Many other military aircraft are participating in the efforts. Mary McHale, spokeswoman for AFNORTH, says the operations center is currently using and […]

President Trump certainly did not start the war in Afghanistan, nor did he perpetuate it for over a decade, but as he seemed to acknowledge himself in his speech last night, the war is now his.  In regards to Trump and Afghanistan, I would reflect back to my previous article about the so-called Deep State. […]

On Friday, France celebrated Bastille Day with fireworks, a parade, and Donald Trump. As part of their 24-hour trip to visit French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Donald and Melania Trump attended the city’s annual military parade — an ornamental affair complete with music, military displays, and air shows.   Read the whole story from Business Insider. […]

At the beginning of April, the Mexican army took US military officials, UN personnel, and officials from the US embassy on a tour of a half-dozen sites in the Golden Triangle — the heart of Mexico’s heroin country — to witness the destruction of opium poppies. The trip marked the first time in at least […]