Army Aviators test new system to modernize Black Hawk helicopters By Maj. Richard Stravitsch, Rotary Wing Aircraft Division, To enhance Army battlefield lethality, UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopter pilots recently tested technology which could drastically change how Black Hawk Army aircrews plan and execute missions. Known as Air Soldier System, or Air SS, the new technology …
Army to extend Infantry OSUT to bolster Soldier lethality By Devon L. Suits The Army will extend Infantry one-station unit training from 14 to 21 weeks under a pilot program beginning in July. The expanded OSUT will add a combatives course, combat lifesavers course, more day and night land navigation, and different weapons qualifications. The …
Gen. Wainwright survived Bataan Death March By Ms. Linda Douglass (IMCOM) World War II battles in the Pacific against Japanese forces were fierce. Americans had to fight not only the tenacious enemy, but the environment of the area. A win in the Philippines was critical to stopping Japanese aggression in the South Pacific, so despite …
The Battle of Bataan – The Battle of Bataan ended on April 9, 1942, when Army Major General Edward P. King surrendered to Japanese General Masaharu Homma. About 12,000 Americans and 63,000 Filipinos became prisoners of war. What followed became known as the Bataan Death March—one of the worst atrocities in modern history, USO.org. In …
By Katie Lange DOD By this time of the year in 1944, World War II was raging across several continents, including in North Africa, where American troops had landed months before to help the Allies fight off Italy’s Hitler-backed forces that had invaded the region early in the war. 9 April, Army Pvt. Robert D. …
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 24, 2018) Marines assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 mount 1,000-pound guided bomb units (GBU) onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) while underway in the Philippine Sea, March 24, 2018. This event marked the first time an …
Video 1 A graphic display of USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfacing through ice during Ice Exercise 2018 (ICEX). ICEX 2018 is a five-week exercise that allows the U.S. Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue to develop relationships with other …
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Japan is rearming itself for the first time since WWII in response to China’s increasing expansionism, and with tensions on the rise in the Pacific, the U.S. could be forced into war. After Japan was defeated in World War II, the country was forced to disarm and swear off military capability ever again. Over time, …
1,500 members of the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) were activated at a ceremony at a military base in Sasebo on the island of Kyushu. They took part in a mock exercise to take back an island from invaders, with some US Marines based in Japan also involved. COURTESY: RT’s RUPTLY video agency, Youtube
In Santa Monica this week, we saw Kim and Trump impersonators delighting their audience, who stood in line to have their photos taken with the two dancing celebrities. Trump masks are selling big in Mexico. Trump and Kim impersonators showed up at the Olympics. But well before the latest rage of impersonators popping up everywhere …
