Pfc. Julia Carroll eats a small meal after a six-hour patrol during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. on Oct. 31, 2013. Carroll is one of the first three females to ever graduate from Infantry Training Battalion. Patrol week is a five-day training event that teaches …
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PLA aircraft enter Taiwan Air Space repeatedly
16 PLA aircraft (J-16*8, SU-30*4, Y-8 ASW*2 and KJ-500 AEW&C*2) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on October 3, 2021Taiwan MOD reported the following activity and response on SundayAir activities in the southwestern ADIZ of R.O.C.Date: October 3,2021(Sunday daytime) Aircraft Type: Eight J-16 Four SU-30 Two Y-8 ASW Two KJ-500 AEW&C Activity …
Read More »Saudi born ISIS Foreign Fighter Conspired with Terrorist Organization, Resulting in Death
ISIS Media Figure and Foreign Fighter Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Terrorist Organization, Resulting in Death Defendant was Detained by the Syrian Democratic Forces and Transferred to FBI Custody As alleged in a criminal complaint unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District …
Read More »Texas Border is like a war zone: guardsmen are taking gunfire from the Mexican side of the southern border
UODATE 25 Oct. Texas National Guard soldiers are taking gunfire from the Mexican side of the southern border.Biden's open border policies are deadly dangerous.Texas is deploying more Guard troops to the border & we'll continue stepping up to protect our communities. pic.twitter.com/trQWMvIM7M— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 25, 2021 UPDATE: 1 …
Read More »Security Issues Among ‘Afghan Refugees Often Less Than in Comparable U.S. Civilian Communities
Security Issues Among ‘Allies Welcome’ Population Often Less Than in Comparable U.S. Civilian Communities SEPT. 30, 2021 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS With as many as 53,000 Afghan civilians living across eight U.S. military installations, a certain amount of law enforcement issues are bound to arise — and such incidents …
Read More »Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun: ‘Padre’ Finally Returns Home
Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun celebrates Mass while using the hood of his Jeep as an altar; his assistant, Patrick J. Schuler, kneels in prayer on Oct. 7, 1950, less than a month before Kapaun was taken prisoner. Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun: ‘Padre’ Finally Returns Home SEPT. 30, 2021 |BY AIR …
Read More »The Reaper: The 3rd Ranger Bn’s Deadliest Sniper
The Reaper: The 3rd Ranger Bn’s Deadliest Sniper The Chechen Comes Calling By Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek You never know how stress and sleeplessness are going to affect you. As we rolled along in the trucks, I was struck by just how beautiful the area was. The moon was up …
Read More »NATE BOYER: FROM AFGHAN FIRE FIGHTS TO THE NFL?
Nate Boyer exhibited typical Special Forces resourcefulness when he decided at an advanced age to walk on and play college football for the Texas Longhorns. He also was unique in spending a summer while in college in Afghanistan wearing a Green Beret. Boyer and the NFL SOF: Is there a specific …
Read More »The Bridge on the River Kwai William Holden: Military Service
In 1942, William Holden he enlisted in the Officers Candidate School in Florida, graduating as an Air Force second lieutenant. He spent the next three years on P.R. duties and making training films for the Office of Public Information. One of his brothers, a naval pilot, was shot down and …
Read More »Fix Bayonets: He led his platoon through heavy enemy fire
Badass Alert! Maj. Edward F. Wright received the Silver Star for his heroism in Vietnam over 51 years ago. Silver Star Recipient (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez) On 21 August 1967, Lieutenant Wright led a 30 man reaction force against a well entrenched North Vietnamese force …
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