By Robert K. Brown From the February 2015 issue of SOF How much did the Hollywood mindset interfere with presenting the actual facts regarding Chris’ life?Overall, a reverence and respect for Chris Kyle and even the military as a whole was apparent from the first day I started working on …
Read More »Five Mi-17 helicopters, 200,000 pounds of lethal aid… to Ukraine As U.S. Embassy Issues Alert
Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (January 12, 2022) Location: Ukraine Event: The Department of State continues to advise U.S. citizens to reconsider travel to Ukraine due to increased threats from Russia. Concerning reports of further unusual Russian military activity near Ukraine’s borders and in occupied Crimea continue, and U.S. citizens are reminded the security conditions may change …
Read More »China takes Taliban Under its Wing, Has Access to U.S. Military Assets
With US Away, China Gets Friendly with Afghanistan’s Taliban Asim Kashgarian VOA It’s approaching six months since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul, on August 15. And in the months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, neighboring China has taken a keen interest in the fate of the …
Read More »NFL Buffalo Bills’ Chad Hall served active duty USAF, then Reserves
AF Football Chad Hall Sports Heroes Who Served: NFL Player and Coach is Also Air Force Veteran FEB. 1, 2022 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military. Chad Hall is currently a wide receivers …
Read More »‘Major Non-NATO Ally’ Designation for Qatar as the Alliance Globalizes
In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Turkey and Greece joined in 1952. Germany joined in 1955. Gradually the alliance grew to 30 members with 15 other countries designated …
Read More »FBI: Man who sold gun to terrorist who attacked Synagogue arrested
Man Who Sold Pistol Used in Synagogue Hostage Crisis Federally Charged The man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been charged with a federal firearm crime, announced United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …
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Battle of Hue City 54 years ago, the Battle of Hue City began where two Marines earned the Medal of Honor. GySgt. John L. Canley received the Medal of Honor on October 17, 2018, for his heroic actions during the battle. #OTD in 1968, the Battle of Hue City began …
Read More »Guerrilla Warfare in North Korea.
The Army’s Guerrilla Operations in North Korea By Dr. Michael E. Krivdo, USARPAC Command Historian Seventy-one years ago, on 25 January 1951, the American Far East Command (FEC) established its first forward base for conducting guerrilla warfare in North Korea. When the U.S. Eighth Army retreated from North Korea in late …
Read More »ATF Agents Raid Amish Farmer, seize guns for selling Firearms
Leave the Amish people the Hell alone: From Paradise Arms: “ATF agents, as part of ongoing investigation, executed an enforcement operation at the Cattail Foundry and seized evidence,” on Jan. 12, bureau spokesperson Robert Cucinotta said Bearing Arms Reports: The raid on the property known as the Cattail Foundry took …
Read More »Xi subjects U.S. Diplomats to Anal Swabs, How could U.S. Diplomats stoop so low?
How could U.S. Diplomats stoop so low? Jan 25, 2021 Update. Judicial Watch: Records Confirm Chinese Government ‘Anal Swab’ COVID Testing of U.S. Diplomatic Personnel JUDICIAL WATCH Judicial Watch announced today that it received 11 pages of records from the U.S. Department of State revealing that U.S. diplomatic officials in China objected …
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