Let Me Tell You About the Army Excerpt from I am Soldier of Fortune by Robert K. Brown with Vann Spencer A SNAKE OIL SALESMAN I was casually shopping the Army and Navy recruiters as well as the Marines. An Army recruiter, his name long forgotten, who undoubtedly was a snake oil salesman in past, …
All Photos, text PLA, DPRK official news. Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, paid an unofficial visit to China from March 25 to 28 at the invitation of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of …
Airmen Bond with 4-Legged Wingmen By Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan McElderry 5th Bomb Wing As the door gradually opened, a series of howls echoed through the hallway. A military working dog eagerly barked as her partner approached, ready to start the day. As her wingman stopped in front of her, she immediately began …
By Katie Lange DOD U.S. Navy’s carriers are considered the world’s most elite. They’re so big they have their own ZIP code, and their reach and technological sophistication are unrivaled across the world. 96 years ago this month, 19March, the first aircraft carrier – the USS Langley – was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia. The carrier …
London’s six-slide presentation entitled the ‘Salisbury Incident’ allegedly proving Russia’s complicity in the so-called double agent Skripal case fails to stand up to any criticism, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said according to a TASS news report. “To our great regret, up to now we have not seen any adequate or comprehensible proof or explanations whatsoever …
The United States triggered the largest Russian diplomat expulsion in history. The U.S. told 60 Russian diplomats to get a one way ticket home. The Russian consulate in Seattle was closed down. NATO and other European countries followed suit. What triggered the latest drama was the poisoning of former Russian Spy in the U.K. Sergei …
Stirring first-person accounts reveal the raw emotions of the men at the tip of the spear. Insiders—actual participants themselves—tell what it was like to be in life-and-death situations. You will learn about both elite and regular units far too often forgotten. Action of Famous battles such as Khe Sanh and Hue are told. Brutal Battles …
258 Medals of Honor Awarded for Actions in Vietnam (Home of Heroes) 172 Army 16 Navy 14 Air Force 57 Marines Army Medic Receives Medal of Honor for Heroic Actions in Vietnam by Alex Snyder Lawrence Joel went to Okinawa in November 1964, to join the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Five months later …
By Nick Brokhausen We still don’t know our exact mission, just that it is a prisoner snatch of some kind. We don’t know what kind of prisoners. Are we taking prisoners or rescuing our own? After a while you get used to the secrecy, no sense stuffing our heads with the big picture. I like …
Ambushed at Srok Dong For two units of the 1st Infantry Division, combat spread over three days in mid-1966, proved to be a trial by fire. One they survived only with the aid of vital air power. By Richard K. Kolb Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States The overall mission was to secure …
Retired Justice Stevens to High Schoolers: ‘Demand Repeal of 2A’ By Dave Workman Retired U.S. Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens has inserted himself into the gun rights battle now being waged across the media and is counseling high school demonstrators to “demand a repeal of the Second Amendment” in an Op-Ed piece published by the …
