Everything became eerily still, until… it blinked. “ENEMY!” Fils screamed. Then all hell broke loose. by Heath Hansen The sun was just setting on the thick canopy of trees and bushes surrounding their position. It was a long day of humping through the dense growth; but it had been productive. …
Read More »Night Flight Aboard the Mighty Ike
This never gets old. The USS Eisenhower sends…
Read More »Juba the Baghdad Sniper: Was He Real, Or a Clever Psyop?
By Greg Chabot In mid-2005 the name Juba struck fear into coalition troops in Baghdad. He had become a folk hero to the insurgency with his attacks on check points that were filmed and uploaded to the internet along with a graphic novel written about him. He would leave an …
Read More »Night Stalker Crew Drops Off a Team at Work
Just another day on the job… Twice the action when an MH-47 Night Stalker crew drops off an ARSOF team at work. Army Special Operations sends.
Read More »Loose Inside a Plummeting Huey: ‘My Feet Were In the Slipstream; My M-60 Was Going Out the Door’
The Marine next to me started screaming, which I could clearly hear over the engine and wind noise by Al Hagan As a Marine Corps lance corporal, I was going through helicopter training at Camp Lejeune. Our bird lands, we jump on, and I find that my seatbelt is adjusted …
Read More »The Bachelor Party: A Marine Raced Against Time to Detach a Stripper From His Camaro
by Al Hagan In the early 1980s, I was in the Marine Corps, and a friend of mine who had gone into the Armywas getting married. We’d grown up together, and so I and others – lots of military – journeyedback home for the occasion. Naturally, this required a combination …
Read More »With Seconds to Spare, This Soldier Saved a Woman Trapped Inside a Burning Car
by Sgt. 1st Class Laura Berry, Massachusetts National Guard STERLING, Mass. – Specialist Ryan Leger finished his drill with Massachusetts National Guard’s 110th Maintenance Company, and his wife picked him up. As they were driving home, they noticed how nice the sunset looked. His wife, Courtney, a photographer, wanted to stop …
Read More »Humbling Reflections on Memorial Day
Precious time is the most valuable thing any of us will ever possess. by Heath Hansen As I reflect on what today’s holiday means, and remember the sacrifices so many American servicemen and servicewomen made for my freedom, I’m humbled. I think about the buddies I lost – the guys I knew …
Read More »Chinese ‘Punishment’ Military Drills Were a Test for Taiwan
Taipei criticized Beijing for damaging stability across the Taiwan Strait with “irrational provocation.” TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China wrapped up a two-day, large-scale military exercise Friday after its forces sent 111 aircraft and 46 naval vessels to areas around Taiwan. Taiwan’s National Defense Ministry said 82 Chinese military aircraft crossed the median …
Read More »The Mobster Who Knew Too Much: Death of a Bulgarian Crime Boss
by Tony Wesolowsky He was one of Bulgaria’s most notorious mafia kingpins, who rose through the ranks in the chaotic 1990s, acquiring along the way an empire of businesses — some legitimate, many not — from fruit markets, parking lots, to a stake in a business at a key border …
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