U.S. Soldiers Train Nigerian Army Troops By Army Capt. James Sheehan, U.S. Army Africa Walking off the plane here, the air hits you like hot fumes from an open oven. Going south, the equator is a short bus ride. But, this team wasn’t going south. Leaving major metropolitan infrastructure behind, Army Chief of Staff Gen. …
Syrian rebel fighters and their families continued to leave the Syrian town of Douma on April 12 through the Al-Wafideen crossing point, as Russian military police units prepared to enter the town. A withdrawal agreement was reached with the rebel group Jaish al-Islam hours after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the town. The Syrian …
How British Gun Manufacturers Changed the Industrial World Lock, Stock and Barrel By Lorraine Boissoneault SMITHSONIAN.COM In ‘Empire of Guns,’ historian Priya Satia explores the microcosm of firearm manufacturing through an unlikely subject—a Quaker family. For nearly 150 years, beginning in 1688 with the launch of the Nine Years’ War and stretching through the end …
