Pentagon Warns US Arms May be Obsolete - Sarah Baxter, The Times. America's traditional means of projecting power abroad is growing “increasingly obsolete” and its billion-dollar military hardware could be as ineffectual against future threats as the heavily fortified Maginot line was in defending France against the Nazis, a senior Pentagon adviser has warned. In a wake-up call to US military...
President Barack Obama invited about 1,200 military families to the White House for an Independence Day bash to personally thank them for their service and sacrifice.
Additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan are putting pressure on al-Qaida and the Taliban in the southern part of the country, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
In this May 11, 2009 AP photo, soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth, Texas, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From...
On June 23 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A plan by sec-urocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a “subordinate unified command” under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). According to the memorandum, CYBERCOM “will reach initial [...] Related posts: NSA...
Last week, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and VoteVets Chairman Jon Soltz sparred on MSNBC about reinstating funds for new F-22s. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called for capping production of the F-22 Raptor, a fighter that has never seen combat in the Iraq or Afghanistan theaters. Despite the fact that the OMB recommended a veto [...]
Seaman August Provost , 29, is dead . His body was found on June 30 at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in San Diego, CA. At this time the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is calling it an apparent homicide and are looking for a "person of interest" in custody. There is evidence that this could be a hate crime. Rep. Bob Filner (D-Chula Vista) said today he had asked the U.S. Department...
In his annual Independence Day message to members of the U.S. armed forces worldwide, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff evokes a speech Abraham Lincoln delivered in Chicago in 1858.
Thousands of American troops and hundreds of Afghan soldiers launched Operation Khanjar to provide security to the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan.
A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aims to bring a new level of situational awareness to warfighters, delivered by a huge, unmanned airship able to hover about 70,000 feet overhead for as long as it's needed.
Jonas and the team trick an arrogant Department of Defense official, who jeopardized a previous mission due to his lack of field experience, into joining them on an assignment so he will observe war up close and personal. Back at home, Kim is secretly reunited with her kids.
Choosing The Right GPS Navigational Device GPS navigation systems are navigation and accurate positioning devices. Created by the Department of Defense in the early 1970s, GPS was primarily created to assist soldiers and military vehicles, ships and pl...
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