PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT GUNNERY SERGEANT SABINS TELLS HIS STORY PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT GUNNERY SERGEANT SABINS TELLS HIS STORY Hit in the head by a sniper under heavy fire in Ramadi. His Kevlar Helmet saved his life. Despite his injury, he returned to theater a few days later. Aug. 9, 2019 The Purple Heart was introduced …
The Money-Men And Africa Posted by Managing Editor on 11. October 2019 by Managing Editor on 11. October 2019 Africa UNauthorizedA recent article in The Spectator about Alexander Lebedev makes interesting reading; almost as interesting as the man himself. Born to parents belonging to the Soviet nomenklatura, in Moscow 1n 1959, he studied economics and graduated in 1982 before …
Why I’m Not Leaving Posted by Managing Editor Africa Unauthorized on 4. October 2019 by Dale Collett Forty-three years ago, as a young Selous Scout lieutenant, I was in action against an enemy position, clearing a building deep inside southern Mozambique when hit by a burst of automatic fire. One armour-piercing bullet entered my back below my …
MICHAEL L. KUNIK Peerless Professional, Patriot by Charles H. Briscoe, PhD SOC ABSTRACT Thirty years in civilian construction and Army combat engineer, aircraft mechanic, and Special Forces medic skills enabled retired Sergeant First Class Michael L. Kunik, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, to excel as the USASOC headquarters facility engineer for more than twenty-seven years. He was …
“THIS VEST MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE!” 82nd Airborne artillery personnel load and fire M102 105 mm howitzers during Operation URGENT FURY. U.S. Army Body Armor from WWII to Present by Christopher E. Howard SoC.mil The use of body armor is motivated by one of the most powerful impulses in our psychological makeup, i.e., the desire …
Like father like son Like Father Like SonA Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sights-in on a sniper rifle with his son during the unit’s Island Warrior Spouse and Family Day on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/tYama0Goes— U.S. Marines (@USMC) November 7, 2019 A child of a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine …
Turkey Says Forces Captured Wife, Sister Of Slain IS Leader Baghdadi RFE/RL President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces in Syria have captured one of the wives and other family members of slain Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Erdogan, in a speech on November 6 in Ankara, did not provide details or disclose …
