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Director of National Intelligence on Covid Scope Note: This assessment responds to the President’s request that the Intelligence Community (IC) update its previous judgments on the origins of COVID-19. It also identifies areas for possible additional research. The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans …
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Christian Lambertsen and the Secret Story Behind Scuba From the archives of the CIA Dr. Christian Lambertsen The men and women of the Office of Strategic Services. (OSS) developed many spectacular devices for war-time use: exploding coal, invisible ink, tasteless poisons, miniature cameras and exotic knives. Some of these developments …
Read More »A Sentinel of the 3rd Guard Lays Flag On the Tomb of the Unknown Despite Torrential Rains
“HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD.” For 100 years, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has served as the heart of Arlington National Cemetery. As a sacred memorial site and the grave of three unknown American service members, the Tomb connects visitors with the …
Read More »‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky
‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky ‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief uses a Bambi bucket to collect water for aerial firefighting. Several Idaho National Guard members battle wildfires in the …
Read More »Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew rescues 3 hunters from avalanche
Photo taken by the crew of a 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during a rescue of avalanche victims at a glacier near Hunter Creek Airstrip Aug. 6, 2021. Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew rescues 3 hunters from avalanche By Spc. Grace Nechanicky …
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 »Master Sgt. John Chapman in the Battle of Takur Ghar: Wounded, He Fought to the End, Saving Lives of Teammates
By Jennifer Spradlin, U.S. Air Force During the initial insertion onto Afghanistan’s Takur Ghar mountaintop, the MH-47 “Chinook” helicopter carrying Chapman and the joint special operations reconnaissance team flew into an enemy ambush. Intense enemy small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire significantly damaged the helicopter, throwing Navy Petty Officer …
Read More »Uncommon Valor: Slam VII: “Shot All to Hell”
Slam VII: “Shot All to Hell.” The action involves a company-sized reconnaissance team from FOB-2 Kontum which has already been on the ground for a week. Ordered in to search, locate, annihilate, and monitor enemy resistance, the members of SLAM VII have already suffered greatly. Eighteen American Green Berets and …
Read More »The Stanleyville Massacre
Mad Mike Hoare by Chris Hoare By Chris Hoare Author of Mad Mike Hoare Fifty years ago, Stanleyville in the Congo was the scene of one of the most savage crimes of the last century, the cold-blooded massacre of hostages by the Simba rebels. Mercenary soldiers from 5 Commando under …
Read More »SHOK VALLEY: Green Berets Trapped
Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II (front row, far right), poses for a photo with members of his detachment near Pul-e Charkhi Afghan National Army Base, Nov. 6, 2007. (Photo Credit: Photo courtesy of Ronald J. Shurer II) By Mitch Weiss and Kevin MaurerFrom the April 2013 issue of SOF …
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