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Powerful Photo Of Obama And Hillary Clinton At The Transfer Ceremony For...
White House photographer Pete Souza posts this picture of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting the remains of the four Americans — including U.S. Amb. Christopher...
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The Newest Round Of Sanctions Are Killing Iran's Sea Trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's vital seaborne trade is buckling under the weight of Western sanctions, deepening hardship for a population deprived of basic imports and heaping intense pressure on Tehran...
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Kennedy Was Also Dealing With Embassy Bomb Threats During The Cuban Missile...
As President John F. Kennedy tried to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he received an urgent communique from the American embassy in London....
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What's Happening In Northern Mali Right Now Is Downright Barbaric
In April, Tuareg rebels and radical Islamists forced government troops out of the northern region of Mali. The rebels declared independence from Mali and named Africa's newest country Azawad while the...
View ArticleHere's A Simple Exercise Showing Why SEALs Should Be Making Video Games
Lately, there's been a lot of talk about OpSec (Operational Security) violations, intelligence leaks, and questionable behavior on behalf of American armed forces, and even the U.S. president. At such...
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A Super Obscure Patent Now Blocks 3D Printing Of Weapons, Food, Prosthetics,...
The future of 3D printing was bright, until an obscure patent filed in 2007 passed just the other day. Essentially, the patent is anticipatory of future technology, assuming that a 3D printer will one...
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A $100,000 Award Has Been Issued For The Taliban Members Who Gunned Down A...
Just two days after members of the Pakistani Taliban tried to kill 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, a group of 50 Islamic clerics have issued a 'fatwa' against the assailants and the government has...
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The Ukrainian Navy Is Strapping Dolphins With Guns To Attack Swimmers
The Navies of the world have long known how effective the sonar of dolphins and sea lions can be at locating small underwater objects. The U.S. Navy has a marine mammal program that's been teaching...
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Why You Shouldn't Worry About The 'Threat' Of Russia
On Tuesday, Russia and Iraq agreed on a $4.2 billion arms deal, making Russia the second-largest arms dealer to the Middle Eastern nation behind the United States. Thirty years ago, the decision would...
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Prince Harry Has Been In 'Multiple Engagements' With The Taliban
Prince Harry has taken fire from the Taliban multiple times during his current tour in Afghanistan, a military source told Richard White of The Sun. Capt. Harry Wales, 28, has been on operational duty...
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Here Are The Challenges Facing The First Women To Take The Marine Infantry...
The Marine Corps sent two female Lieutenants to Marine Corps Infantry Officers Course in Quantico on Sept. 24 for the first time ever. Click here to see what they face > These women are in for...
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This Underwater Drone Can Dive 2,000 Feet And Rescue 155 People At Once
When the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk slipped into the Barents Sea on a fine August day over a decade ago, its crew were no doubt in high spirits. The 118 men were aboard the largest nuclear attack...
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After Fighting In Fallujah, I Can Hardly Bring Myself To Touch A Telephone
It was early, a good friend was calling and the phone was ringing. I hate the phone; anyone who knows me, knows this. It is a strange irrationality of mine, but my level of discomfort turns to panic...
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Filmmaker In Iran Enlists City Locals To Help Make American Westerns
Negahdar Jamali is an Iranian filmmaker who has for the past 35 years made American-inspired westerns complete with cowboys and Indians in the deserts surrounding the city of Shiraz. Poor and...
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The Military's 'Suck It Up' Mentality Is The Biggest Problem Facing PTSD...
*Editor: Some mild coarse language “Drink water, drive on.” I think anyone who’s spent any time in the military has heard that expression or something similar. There’s no doubt that in the military we...
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Combat Life Breaks Down Into Two Types
I’ve always said that every Iraq/ Afghanistan experience can be different. You can spend the entire deployment working on a large camp in an office. Or you could be “outside the wire” intermixing...
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STRATFOR: Egypt Is Prepared To Bomb All Of Ethiopia's Nile Dams
In 2010 Egypt discussed taking military action in cooperation with Sudan against Ethiopia to protect their stake in Nile River, according to internal emails from the U.S. private-security firm...
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This Is One Of The Most Remarkable Survival Stories You Will Ever Read
In 1985, two young British climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, became the first to ascend the west face of Siula Grande, a 21,000-foot peak in the Peruvian Andes. What happened next has become the...
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The Coolest Guy I Know From Combat Called Me For Help With These Iraq Nightmares
My brother at arms called me the other day to shoot the breeze. After a few minutes he says to me: "So King, tell me more about this breathing stuff." "Of course, what's up?" " I don't know man,...
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How The Cuban Missile Crisis Nearly Brought The US To Nuclear War With The...
Far from being just a political storm in the Caribbean, the Cuban missile crisis came dangerously close to triggering a nuclear war between two superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union – both nations...
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