Last week, Staff Sergeant James F. Moriarty, a Green Beret assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the third-highest award for valor, for his actions during a friendly-fire attack in Jordan. On ...
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Russia Remains an ‘Existential Threat’ to the US and NATO, Top American General in Europe Warns
KYIV, Ukraine — With US Air Force B-1B supersonic bombers in Norway for combat exercises, America’s top general in Europe has warned about the threat posed by Russia to the US and its Western allies — a threat spanning from the Arctic to the Black ...
Marine Corps Rifle Qualification Is Getting Its First Major Overhaul in More Than 100 Years
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Marine Corps marksmanship officials this week rolled out the final version of a new, more realistic rifle qualification course that will force Marines to put lethal hits on ...
No Longer a ‘State Sponsor of Terror,’ Sudan Welcomes US Navy Ship in Same Port as Russia’s New Naval Base
What a difference a few months make. The US Navy expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City pulled into Port Sudan on Wednesday, marking the first port visit by a US Navy ship after Washington officially rescinded Sudan’s status as a state ...
SecDef Austin to Troops: If You’ve Seen Extremism in the Ranks, Tell Your Commander
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Troops who have encountered extremism from their fellow service members should share those experiences with their leaders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a video ...
Wolverines! Air Force Adds AT-6 Light Attack Aircraft to Its Fleet
Just in time for the great-power competition era, the US Air Force has acquired a light attack aircraft perfectly suited for providing close air support in combat against low-tech insurgencies. The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center ...
Navy Will Make All Sailors Reaffirm Oath to the Constitution in Extremism Stand-Down
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. When the Navy holds its daylong stand-downs to address the extremist ideologies that leaders say have infiltrated the military ranks, sailors across the fleet will be ...
Marines Receive Improved Optic to Identify Threats From Longer Distances
QUANTICO, Va. — Marines recently received an innovative new optic that better prepares them to engage adversaries from longer distances. In January, Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons began fielding the Squad ...
Marine Whose Misconduct Was Cited in Viral Video Faces Administrative Separation, Officials Say
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Marine leaders on Friday met with a woman who appeared in a now-viral TikTok video complaining that a general officer was allowing a man who admitted to mistreating her a ...
Iran Reiterates Call For Sanctions To Be Dropped After U.S. Says It’s Ready To Meet
This article was originally published Feb. 19, 2021, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Iran says it will "immediately reverse" its actions that contradict a 2015 nuclear agreement once U.S. sanctions are lifted after Washington said it was ready ...
US Ambassador Speaks Out About Opposition Leader’s Jailing, Russia’s Targeting of Media
This article was originally published Feb. 18, 2021, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, has rejected Moscow's assertion that last year's nerve-agent poisoning of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny ...
War College Suspends Commandant Over Allegations of ‘Unwanted Touching’
Maj. Gen. Stephen J. Maranian was suspended from his role as commandant at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 9. According to Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith, Maranian’s suspension was due to an allegation of inappropriate ...
U.S. Commander Says Military Seeks ‘Fallback’ Saudi Bases Amid Tensions With Iran
This article was originally published Feb. 19, 2021, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says the U.S. military is looking for so-called "fallback" bases in Saudi Arabia to protect forces in the ...
Air Force’s 1st Overseas F-35A Squadron Will Be the UK-Based ‘Valkyries’
The F-35A Lightning II is the Air Force’s newest, fifth-generation stealth fighter. But there’s nothing stealth about the deterrent message to Russia intended by the permanent basing of an F-35A squadron on British soil. Set to be the first US Air ...
Did the DOD Fail To Promote Female Generals Out of Fear of Trump’s Response?
According to The New York Times, high-ranking officials in the Department of Defense delayed the promotion of two female generals last fall. They feared then-President Donald Trump would scuttle the officers’ promotions due to their gender. Former ...
Taliban Bomb-Making Workshop Snafu Kills 30 Militants
As the saying goes: “Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.” Well, for the 30 Taliban militants who died during a bomb-making workshop in Afghanistan on Saturday, the proverbial bear got the best of them. The Afghan National ...
Almost One-Third of US Troops Are Refusing COVID Vaccines, Officials Say
More than two-thirds of U.S. service members offered the COVID-19 vaccine have opted to receive it — but the high rate of troops turning it down has lawmakers voicing grave concerns. Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, ...
Chinese Troops Showcase Super Soldier Exoskeleton Suits on Contested Himalayan Border
China’s no-holds-barred military modernization program has included some attention-grabbing new technologies seemingly drawn from the recesses of science fiction. In addition to the development of artificial intelligence technology, experiments in ...
‘We Don’t Have the Right to Quit’: Soldier Son of Trailblazing Black Diver Honors Father’s Legacy
FORT GORDON, Ga. - Fort Gordon honored Black History Month with a command program Monday in Darling Hall. The program was hosted by Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center and broadcasted live on Facebook to help maximize attendance. The theme ...
Baptism in Chaos: First Women Experience ‘Black Friday’ at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
Around 2:30 p.m. Friday, the women of Platoon 3241, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, moved into their squad bay aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and met their drill instructors for the first time. The recruits of Platoon ...
Naval Academy’s Brigade Commander Breaks Historic Barrier
The commencement of the 2021 spring semester marked a first in US Naval Academy history. Sydney Barber was elected to be the midshipmen's brigade commander, making her the first Black female in the academy's 175-year history to hold the position. ...
Americans Injured After Shiite Militants Launch Rocket Attack at Iraqi Base
A barrage of rockets struck an Iraqi air base in the city of Erbil on Monday, killing a civilian contractor working for the US-led coalition combating ISIS. An American service member and several American civilian contractors were also injured in the ...
Army Special Operations School Drops ‘III’ Logo Adopted by Extremist Group
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. An element of Army Special Operations Command has distanced itself from a unit logo that has been adopted by a domestic extremist group. Just last week, the John F. ...
With Some 44 Americans Held Hostage or Wrongfully Detained Abroad, State Department Calls Their Release a ‘Top Priority’
No fewer than 44 American citizens and permanent residents are currently held hostage or wrongfully detained in 11 countries, the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation announced this week. Not included within that number are some 28 Americans who have ...
Inside the Coast Guard’s Mass Rescue of Stranded Ice Fishermen on Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Bay
A large section of ice broke loose in Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Bay, just off of Lake Michigan, on Feb. 4. The recent warm weather combined with a strong eastern wind caused the ice to break off, stranding 66 people who were ice fishing at the time. ...
Small Weaponized Drones Are the New IEDs of the Middle East, Top US General Warns
On the entrenched battlefield of eastern Ukraine, both the Ukrainians and their Russian enemies have jury-rigged and weaponized off-the-shelf small drones to create cheap strike platforms capable of dropping grenades and homemade antipersonnel ...
Female Recruits Make History, Stepping Onto Yellow Footprints at All-Male Boot Camp in San Diego
In a historic first for the Marine Corps, 60 female recruits stepped off buses and onto the iconic yellow footprints alongside hundreds of male recruits in front of the receiving barracks at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Tuesday. The ...
Lethal Cyberattack Stopped Before Poisoning Water Supply in Florida
A quick-thinking water treatment technician stopped a cyber-based terrorist attack on the residents of Pinellas County on Florida's Gulf Coast. On Friday, an unidentified hacker gained access to the Oldsmar, Florida, water treatment plant computers ...
Moscow Sends MiG-31 Fighters to Remote Arctic Base for ‘Combat Duty’ as US Bombers Head to Norway
KYIV, Ukraine — It’s a cold, cold war. With US Air Force B-1B bombers heading to Norway, a squadron of Russian Navy MiG-31BM "Foxhound" supersonic interceptors has deployed to a remote Arctic air base to assume "combat" alert duties. According to ...
4 Reasons the B-52 is Way Cooler Than You Thought
This article was originally published Jan. 29, 2021, on Sandboxx News. Follow Sandboxx News on Instagram. America’s Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, sometimes referred to as the BUFF, has been around for a long time. As one of America’s three ...