VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Bea Arthur “For those of us who remember her best as the incisive Dorothy Zbornak on Golden Girls, Arthur’s Personality Appraisals read like those of her television character.” On Feb. 13, 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps put out its rallying call: “Be a Marine…Free a Man to Fight.” …
Read More »Desert Storm and the “Bunker Buster” Bomb that ended the 1st Gulf War in 1991
Historical” video of the Watervliet Arsenal’s effort to manufacture the “Bunker Buster” Bomb that ended the 1st Gulf War in 1991. This truly was a local team effort as the Army’s Benet Laboratories, which is collocated on the Watervliet Arsenal, and the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing …
Read More »‘Polexit’: Is Poland About to Quit the European Union?
‘Polexit’: Is Poland About to Quit the European Union? Henry Ridgewell VOA European Union officials have warned that the bloc “is at risk of collapse” unless it challenges a ruling by Poland’s top court over the supremacy of EU law, which is seen as a central pillar of European integration. …
Read More »Taliban Strong Arms U.S. in to provision of robust humanitarian assistance, “directly to the people?
A U.S. interagency delegation traveled to Qatar to meet with senior Taliban representatives from Kabul and discussed issues of vital national interest. The delegation reiterated that the Taliban will be judged on its actions, not only its words, Sec of State spokesman Ned Price said in a release: U.S. Delegation …
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 »The little known Ordnance Branch, one of the oldest branches of the U.S. Army
Peleliu, in the Republic of Palau, On Sept. 23, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sebastian Villagomez, an explosive ordnance disposal Marine from Task Force Koa Moana 21, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and a team of U.S. Marines safely detonated 11 pieces of unexploded ordnance found across Peleliu in an effort to make …
Read More »RFE Exclusive: Afghan Pilots Tell Of Daring Escape From The Taliban, And Of Life In Limbo In Tajikistan
Exclusive: Afghan Pilots Tell Of Daring Escape From The Taliban, And Of Life In Limbo In Tajikistan RFE On the banks of a mountain river outside Tajikistan’s capital, in a resort area teeming with hotels and dachas, stands a modern, two-story building flanked by towering trees and lattice fence panels. …
Read More »U.S. Taiwan relationship includes developing a “Credible Force” 2019
Taiwan MOD Taiwan in focus 2021. This report clarifies the U.S. Taiwan relationship, including developing a “Credible Force” Excerpts from Randall G. Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Consistent with the policy articulated in the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. continues to make available to Taiwan the …
Read More »Pentagon Won’t Confirm Reports of US Special Forces in Taiwan
The Ministry of National Defense stated today (18th, Sept) that a US destroyer sailed north to south through the Taiwan Strait. During the southward journey through the Taiwan Strait, the Armed Forces had full control of relevant developments in the sea and airspace around our country, and conditions were believed …
Read More »Former Taliban Commander Charged with Killing American Troops in 2008
Former Taliban Commander Charged with Killing American Troops in 2008 Haji Najibullah, Previously Charged in the 2008 Kidnapping of an American Journalist, Was Also Indicted Today for 2008 Attacks on U.S. Servicemembers in Afghanistan, Including Attacks Resulting in the Deaths of Three American Soldiers and Their Afghan Int A federal …
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