Declassified Intel Docs: Fidel Castro Actually 'Recruited Nazis' To Train Troops
Fidel Castro recruited former members of the Nazi SS Waffen to train his troops at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, declassified German intelligence files show. The Communist leader also sought...
View ArticleArizona Guardsmen Accused Of 'Hobo Hunting' With Paintball Guns
'Hobo hunting,' sexual misconduct, and fraudulent expense reports totaling more than $1 million are some of the allegations facing the Arizona National Guard. The Arizona Republic recently published a...
View ArticleFor Veterans, There's No Clear Difference Between Obama And Romney Plans
In an election where most issues are cutthroat and divisive, the presidential candidates' split on veterans issues is actually surprising minimal. In short, both candidates support veterans and have...
View ArticleThe European Union Has Agreed To Reconquer Northern Mali From Islamic Rebels
European Union foreign ministers on Monday approved moves to "urgently" plan for a possible military mission to help Mali reconquer its vast arid north from rebels and Islamist extremists. Gathered in...
View ArticleChina Flexes Its Military Might During This Live Ammunition Island Capture...
After nearly a year of back-and-forth between its neighbors regarding island rights in the China Sea, Beijing just concluded a very well documented, live-fire island landing drill. The mission...
View ArticleThe Army's New Data Network Is Perfect For Tracking All The Gear It's Leaving...
The 10th Mountain Division, headquartered at Fort Drum, N.Y., got a new toy that will keep Soldiers in touch with their commanders as they reach the edges of their battlefield. The Capability Set (CS)...
View ArticleThis Courtroom Exchange Shows Why It's So Hard To Prosecute The Alleged 9/11...
One exchange in the pre-trial hearings in the military commission case against the alleged plotters of 9/11 pointed to the big, dark elephant in the room. Torture. The lawyers for Khalid Sheikh...
View ArticleThe Navy's New BAMS Drone Sees Everything That's Happening In The Persian...
While visiting the Persian Gulf last month for an international mine clearing exercise it was mentioned that the whole area was under constant surveillance by a Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS)...
View ArticleDon't Believe What Either Party Is Saying About The Benghazi Attack
While Hillary Clinton jumps on a live hand grenade for the Benghazi attack, the White House has leaked to the AP its latest spin on the situation in Libya. Apparently the U.S. has drones and SEALs on...
View ArticleBritain Blocks Famed Hacker's Extradition To United States
A British computer hacker accused by the United States of causing more than $700,000 damage to U.S. military systems will not be extradited because of the high risk he could kill himself, Britain's...
View ArticleYoung Hacker Could Spend Half His 20s Behind Bars For Cyberattacking Sony
A 20-year-old hacker faces up to five years in prison after admitting to taking part in the theft of a trove of data on people who had entered Sony Pictures contests, Graham Cluley of nakedsecurity...
View ArticleThe Military Is Building Integrated Hybrid Living-Nonliving Robotic Organisms
In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for "Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing" — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic...
View ArticleThe Manufacturing Industry Is Looking To Get Real Cozy With Returning Vets
Leaders in the manufacturing industry, and Lt. Dan, got together Monday morning to announce the Get Skills To Work initiative. The plan is intended to help the more than 700.000 unemployed vets start...
View ArticleRomney May Be More Popular Among Military Voters, But Obama Gets Way More Of...
Obama's monetary collections from the various wings United States Military outpaces Romney even though Romney polling among military members doubles Obama. The donation comparison comes from campaign...
View ArticleEverything Could Be About To Change In Syria
Syria's rebellion may have just put themselves in the best possible to topple President Bashar al-Assad to date. Reuters reports that the increasingly divided and disparate rebel groups have agreed...
View ArticleThe First 'Fast And Furious' Sentencing Shows Just How Backward The Operation...
"Gun-walking" was a tactic of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) whereby agents purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell U.S. weapons to illegal straw buyers in...
View ArticleCubans May Now Travel Outside The Country For The First Time In More Than 50...
Fidel Castro's little brother Raul is continuing to loosen restrictions in Cuba, now letting his people take a vacation. According to the Daily Mail, the Communist party paper Granma announced Cubans...
View ArticleFelix Baumgartner's Most Terrifying Jumps Ever
Felix Baumgartner just broke the speed of sound in an unprecedented free fall from the stratosphere. But the Austrian thrill-seeker has dazzled the world with mind-boggling leaps many, many times...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell On Why America Keeps Losing Wars
According to Malcolm Gladwell, we're surprised by underdogs because we have bad definitions of advantage. Last week Malcolm Gladwell was up in Winnipeg and interviewed with the Canadian Broadcast...
View ArticleTwo Women Drop Out Of Infantry Course, And Two More Sue To Go To Combat
In a strange coincidence, just as a pair of females, a colonel and a sergeant major, are suing the Pentagon on the grounds their careers stalled because they weren't able to hold combat positions, the...
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