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Here's How One US Soldier Held It All Together After Freaking Out In The...
Out late one night while attached to a platoon from 101st Airborne we set up near an overpass one klick north of the Alsedrain Mosque. I never minded sitting around in an up-armored Humvee.....as long...
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One New York Judge Is Holding Her Ground Against The Biggest Names In Government
On May 16 U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest upheld her decision to block the controversial indefinite detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012, and the Obama...
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Here's Why I'm Volunteering To Go To Afghanistan For A Mission That's Unknown...
I am going to Afghanistan as an embedded advisor. I am an AFPAK (Afghanistan, Pakistan) Hand. I am a volunteer and that does not make me crazy. I have volunteered for all manners of things in my life....
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'I Count The Bodies And Watch The Funerals' — A Drone Pilot Speaks Out
There are two sides to President Obama's semi-secret drone war. On the one hand Obama did exactly what he said he would by using drones to strike al Qaeda operatives where they live — international...
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Here's What Made This Military Dad Leave Home And Walk Over 2000 Miles Across...
58-year old Mike Mobley spent 63 days walking across the country. From his home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, he trekked 2,210 miles until he reached Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina....
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See How These Navy SEALs Take Extreme Parachuting To A Whole New Level
Imagine dropping out of the sky, free-falling and accelerating up to 180 miles per hour. As the Earth zooms closer, you release a parachute while beautifully-colored smoke grenades trail behind you....
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This Army Colonel And Nine US Lawmakers Want The $10 Billion A Month Spent In...
For several months Army. Lt. Colonel Daniel L. Davis has told the country and its leaders that he thinks the war in Afghanistan is a failure on nearly every level, and now, a group of bi-partisan...
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Counterfeit Chinese Microchips Are Getting So Good They Can't Be Identified
There appears to be little doubt China steals both U.S. commercial and military secrets through hacking in addition to selling counterfeit electronic parts to customers of U.S. companies and to the...
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An Unsanctioned Journey Into The Heart Of Iran
Calvin Sun travels the world on a tiny budget, but cobbles together the most amazing journeys. As a full-time medical student based in New York, he also runs the blog Monsoon Diaries, showing people...
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The Air Force's Secret Space Plane Came Back To Earth And Still Nobody Knows...
Cloaked in a bit of mystery and more than a little speculation, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane touched down in California this weekend after 15 months in orbit. Originally used by...
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Russia Is Reportedly Filling Two Of These Assault Ships With Marines And...
Fearing for its naval base and citizens on the ground in the conflict ridden nation, Russia is reportedly sending two amphibious assault ships to Syria. Oliver Carmichael at The Telegraph reports an...
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The June 1 Attack In Afghanistan Was Much Worse Than The US Military Let On
The U.S. military withheld information of fatalities from a June 1 attack on a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan as two Americans were killed, reports Joshua Partlow and Craig Whitlock of the...
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Google Earth May Have Exposed An Unknown Drone At Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works
Back on December 4, the same day the U.S. allegedly lost control of an RQ-170 Sentinel drone over Iran, the guys at Open Source GEOINT were messing around with Google Earth and pointed the client near...
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Egypt's Military Is Making A Huge Last-Minute Power Grab
Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has issued a new constitutional declaration giving it veto powers over the drafting of a new constitution and removing the president as...
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The Most Staggering Moments From A New Documentary About Military Rape
A new documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick attempts to shed light on what's becoming known as America's best kept secret: the epidemic of rape in the military. Inspired by a 2007 Salon...
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Here's What Happens When A Feisty Bomb Sniffing Dog Gets Shipped Off To...
This is Part II of this series. If you haven’t read Part I you might want to read that post first. Spectacular brown jagged mountains surrounded the Konduz Airfield in northern Afghanistan,...
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BY THE NUMBERS: Why The Mexican Drug War Should Keep You Awake At Night
Felipe Calderon sent 50,000 soldiers after the drug cartels when he became president of Mexico in 2006. So far the offensive to root out top drug traffickers, combined with conflicts between cartels...
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Israel Is Lining Up Tanks Along The Egyptian Border
Israel has begun deploying tanks along the frontier with Egypt, according to the Telegraph. The move comes after an Israeli civilian worker building a security fence was killed in a terrorist attack...
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Lockheed Martin Scores The Two Biggest Defense Contracts Of The Week (LMT,...
Each week, we look at the biggest, coolest, and most interesting contracts the Department of Defense announces. This week saw a relatively quiet period of Department of Defense procurement contracts,...
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Navy Officer Names The 3 Port Cities You Really Have To Visit
When you’re underway on a Navy ship, there is nothing quite like a port visit. It’s a chance to get a little downtime and de-stress. You can get off the ship and stretch your legs. It’s also a great...
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