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Greetings from the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), in and around the Hawaiian Islands. More than 40 ships and submarines, along with more than 200 aircraft and 25,000-plus personnel are taking part. The exercise includes 22 nations, and lasts through Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, …

Publisher’s note: We are deeply honored to present this excerpt from August 2024, a new novel by John M. Del Vecchio, a must-read author in the genre of modern war literature. One Vietnam War combat veteran said this about Del Vecchio’s The 13th Valley: it was like “hearing from my …

by Lidia Mikhalchenko / Caucasus For many of the Chechen opposition members and separatists abroad who have come from across Europe to join a volunteer battalion in Ukraine, battling Russia has become a way of life. Decades — even centuries — of Moscow’s often-armed interference in Chechnya have made the …

It had to do with an effort to settle the west with camels.  A notorious bandit who plundered California for 20 years may owe his capture to a long forgotten military experiment and an Army camel driver. It had to do with an effort to settle the west with camels.  …

by Heath Hansen A flash of light lit up the sky ahead of me, and I heard an explosion. My adrenaline kicked in and I started searching for the source of the explosion. I clutched my weapon and prepared to defend the base. ANBAR, IRAQ – Even though it was …

by Kevin Cresswell Picture the scene: It was early hours on July 4, 2003, at Camp Slayer in Baghdad, Iraq. There were several hundred U.S. troops and a handful of odds and sods ‘Brits & Aussies.’ In the middle of the lake was a boathouse with a flagpole. During the …

Here’s one way to get to work without a hassle. Little Birds from the 160th SOAR zip into action. A great way to skip the traffic.

The Navy calls this a high performance team. We tend to agree.

Instructors at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center teach Navy corpsmen to be “the light in a dark time.” Here’s a look at the 10-day medical course that trains military personnel in survival skills, casualty evacuation techniques, and awareness of dangerous species in a jungle environment. (U.S. Marine Corps …

The Pentagon call it the Vanilla ultra endurance land-launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Some folks call it a drone on pick-em-up truck. The aircraft is going through trials in the Indo-Pacific region at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The new machine is being tested for its potential to supply …