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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 …

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 …

1915, GySgt Dan Daly received his second Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Haiti when he and his men were ambushed by a force of 400 guerillas. He is one of two Marines to receive two Medals of Honor. #OTD in 1915, GySgt Dan Daly received his second …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Judicial Watch: January 6 Documents Show Park Police Expected Large Group to March on US Capitol (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that it received 329 pages of records from United States Park Police related to the January 6, 2021, demonstrations and disturbance at the U.S. Capitol. The records show that …

Sgt. 1st Class Calvin T. Rockward Sgt. 1st Class Calvin T. Rockward, 38, Special Forces soldier died 27 Oct. while engaged in physical fitness training at Fort Bragg, U.S. Army officials said. Sgt Rockward died from an “unexpected medical event” during the training according to Fort Bragg officials. Sgt. Calvin enlisted in the …

Erdogan, official website Principal Director for Europe and NATO Policy Andrew L. Winternitz and Director for Planning, Programs and Analysis in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Melissa Benkert led a U.S. Department of Defense delegation to Ankara on October 27 for dispute resolution …