In his first Tweet of 2018, President Donald Trump highlighted the chronic Pakistani duplicity in regard to the war in Afghanistan: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as …
These POWs Were Forced to Build the Bridge Over River Kwai British POWs are ordered by their Japanese captors to construct a bridge of strategic importance and are happy to sabotage and delay the progress until their commanding officers orders them to continue the work unhindered to its completion, but are his actions tantamount to …
These POWs Were Forced to Build the Bridge Over River Kwai Allied POWs rescued in the South China Sea have an incredible story to tell. They’d been kept in a secret prison camp in Thailand, where their Japanese captors forced them to build a railroad from Thailand to Burma. From the Series: The Pacific War …
The death toll among Afghanistan’s security forces since 2015 is close to 29,000, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has revealed, providing a figure far higher than anything previously acknowledged by the government, RFE reporting. Ghani said that since the start of 2015, when Afghan police and army units took over primary responsibility for Afghanistan’s security after …
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said that reconciliation is the only way forward in Afghanistan and that political, economic, religious and military pressure must be maintained on the group, with DOD reporting. There is no military solution in Afghanistan and that the struggle in that country will require all aspects of government. “Success in Afghanistan …
This U.S. Fighter Pilot Destroyed Nine Enemy Planes in One Mission U.S. Navy captain David McCampbell is vastly outnumbered by a squadron of Japanese warplanes high above the Philippines Sea in 1944. Against all odds, his nine confirmed kills in a single day would go on to earn him the Medal of Honor. The F6F …
Bringing Medal of Honor Heroics to Life By Katie Lange, DOD The Defense Department often partners with filmmakers to create accurate military portrayals, which is why we recently collaborated with streaming giant Netflix on a big venture: a docuseries celebrating Medal of Honor recipients. The series highlights the lives and experiences of eight men …
Kremlin Warns It May Act If Ukraine Seizes Ships In Azov Sea RFE/RL Russia has warned Ukraine that it may take measures to protect Russian ships crossing the Sea of Azov should Kyiv stop or seize any. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia would take measures to protect Russian businesses, sailors, or other …
