Ed McMahon, left, and Johnny Carson on the set of the Tonight Show in New York. NOV. 8, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Ed McMahon is best known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on TV’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” from 1962 to 1992. He always opened the show with …
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test participant from the 21st Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Hazard Response Company, processes a sample to run on the Multi-phase Chemical Agent Detector (MPCAD) to confirm or deny the presence of chemical warfare agents. (Mr. Nicholas Robertson, Audiovisual Production Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Command) Soldiers, Airmen, Marines test …
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PM @MAKadhimireceives President of the Republic @BarhamSalihwho condemned the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted the residence of PM @MAKadhimi, denouncing these bankrupt acts as trying to destabilise Iraq’s security and stability. PM @MAKadhimi receives phone calls from a number leaders and heads of governments who condemned the cowardly terrorist attack …
Read More »U.S. Denies Iranian Claim It Foiled American Attempt To Seize Oil Tanker
U.S. officials have rejected an Iranian claim that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) repelled an attempt by the U.S. Navy to seize an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, RFE reports. The U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity on November 3, told Western agencies that the Iranian …
Read More »Royal Marines Reportedly “Dominate” U.S. Marines in the Mojave Desert?
A recent article in the U.K. Telegraph Desert claimed that Royal Marines defeated US Marines in the Mojave desert simulator exercises. the report claimed that the Royal Marines controlled 65% of the Battlefield.. https://twitter.com/40commando/status/1454329291060269056 The media went viral with the news. The British Navy told the business insider: The navy …
Read More »British troops annihilate two terrorists in firefight in Mali
Personnel from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards deployed to Mali Late Oct. British Troops Engage with Terrorist Fighters in Mali. photos, release UK MOD British Forces deployed in Mali have killed two armed terrorist fighters after being engaged by small arms fire while on patrol. On 20 October, the UK Task …
Read More »Yitzhak Rabin: The Assassination that shook the world
Netanyahu and Yitzhak Rabin: The Assassination that shook the world R Yitzhak Rabin1922 – 1995Prime Minister of Israel 1974-1977 and 1992-1995 Israel MOD Yitzhak Rabin – IDF Chief of Staff, diplomat and the fifth Prime Minister of the State of Israel – was born in Jerusalem in 1922, the son …
Read More »MAJOR LOUIS CUKELA, USMC Received both the Army and Navy MOHs
MAJORLOUIS CUKELA, USMC MAJORLOUIS CUKELA, USMC * The rank on Maj Cukela’s citations is incorrect. He was promoted to gunnery sergeant on 1 July 1918 but his warrant was not received in the field until 20 August 1918, possibly leading to the use of the incorrect rank. Major Louis Cukela …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Bill …
Read More »GSMSG: Special Operations Veterans, Professionals on the Front line of the Afghan Withdrawal
THE GLOBAL SURGICAL AND MEDICAL SUPPORT GROUP August 29 during the Afghan Pullout, the group reported: Phase 1 is wrapping up and while we will not post publicly the number of people our team of US special operations veterans were able to facilitate extracting from Kabul, it was a sizeable …
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