FORT BENNING, Ga. – Back then she was a youngster of 10 or so but she still remembers how on that sunny day in New Mexico, people at the Native American parade thrilled with pride as a float bearing World War II Navajo Code Talkers came into ...
Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Back in 2010, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command approved a Civil Support Team (CST) pilot program that would put women soldiers into battle alongside Green ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Europe-based US special operations forces teamed up with conventional Army artillery troops to conduct a first-of-its-kind exercise in the Black Sea region last week. This exercise underscores the ongoing evolution of America's armed ...
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced Wednesday that the acting assistant secretary of defense (ASD) for special operations/low-intensity conflict (SOLIC), Ezra Cohen-Watnick, will report directly to him, essentially elevating US ...
WASHINGTON — While the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine inches closer, the team at Operation Warp Speed is refining its plan to deliver doses across the country. Charged with developing and delivering a vaccine to 300 million Americans, Operation ...
The US Navy is pushing back against Moscow’s claims that one of its warships “expelled” the USS John S. McCain from Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday. “The Russian Federation’s statement about this mission is false,” Cmdr. Reann ...
The Arctic is a dangerous and unforgiving place. Freezing temperatures. Nothing but unimaginably formidable tracts of water, ice, and air. Few resources to count on when disaster strikes. That potential disaster steals Alaska Air National Guard ...
The law never forgets. Friday marked the 75th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. The landmark proceedings, held by the victorious Allied powers in the eponymous German city, tried high-ranking Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of World War ...
Ten military officers assigned to Operation Warp Speed are embedded at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist the allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. Operation Warp Speed, led by the Department of Health and Human ...
One night, at an on-base bar at a U.S. Army air installation in South Korea, a soldier drank too much. Not exactly breaking news, but his first sergeant and company commander happened to be at the club, and after realizing the “super-drunk” soldier ...
The Green Beret Foundation is the only benevolent organization dedicated to the Special Forces soldiers and their families. The organization is now poised to do even more thanks to its newly announced Veterans Services Organization accreditation by ...
This article was originally published Nov. 5, 2020, on Sandboxx News. Follow Sandboxx News on Instagram. Delta Force, the Army’s top special operations unit, received the Presidential Unit Citation for its role in the raid that killed Abu Bakr ...
Eleven crew members from the US Coast Guard cutter Stratton tested positive for COVID-19 while on a counternarcotics patrol in the East Pacific, according to a Coast Guard press release. The Stratton was ordered to return to Coast Guard Island, its ...
Arlington National Cemetery officials announced Monday they were canceling the laying of wreaths in the cemetery and the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Cemetery due to COVID-19 concerns. Arlington National Cemetery said that it conducted a “thorough ...
A former Army Green Beret has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia, underscoring a clandestine relationship with Russia’s military intelligence agency that dates back to 1996. According to the Department of Justice, former Army Special Forces ...
The Department of Defense plans to withdraw thousands of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by Jan. 15, five days before President-elect Joe Biden is due to take office. When acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced the move during ...
When NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins arrives at the International Space Station this week, he plans on making one small change to his professional title, which will mark one giant leap for America’s newest military branch. An Air Force colonel and ...
This article was originally published Oct. 12, 2020, on Sandboxx News. Follow Sandboxx News on Instagram. As of Monday, Christopher Miller is the new (acting) Secretary of Defense. He is now responsible for the entire US military behemoth. A ...
This article was originally published Oct. 12, 2020, on Sandboxx News. Follow Sandboxx News on Instagram. On Monday, President Trump announced via Twitter that Christopher C. Miller would assume the role of Acting Secretary of Defense, following ...
The French military has dealt a deadly double blow to al Qaeda in North Africa, killing one of the region's top terrorist leaders as well as dozens of militants. A French commando raid on Thursday, supported by fighter planes and combat ...
Last week’s presidential election spurred a mass exodus of social media users from Facebook and Twitter to a platform called Parler, making it the current most-downloaded mobile app in the Apple iOS and Android stores. Marking what may be the ...
Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) personnel have been saving lives and providing transport of rescue personnel as well as vital supplies throughout Honduras, Guatemala, and Panama since Hurricane Eta brought its destructive forces to Central ...
At least seven people, including a reported five Americans, were killed when a helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, multiple news agencies reported The Department of Defense ...
You may have noticed there’s a pattern in U.S. Army helicopter names – Apache, Black Hawk, Chinook and others. These crucial aircraft are all named after Native American tribes or figures. But have you ever wondered why? The U.S. military has a ...
The US Senate unanimously passed HR 8276 legislation Tuesday night, authorizing President Donald Trump to posthumously upgrade Alwyn Cashe’s Silver Star to the Medal of Honor, according to Military.com. The bill now awaits the president’s signature ...
As the 245th Marine Corps birthday draws near, Gen. David H. Berger reminds us how the Corps' legacy lives on in every Marine. The inspiring video features Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel "Woody" Williams, who earned a Medal of Honor in World War II; ...
Jonathan Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, adamantly insisted that NBC’s recent story covering Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s potential resignation was “inaccurate” and “misleading” via Twitter on Thursday. Four ...
KYIV, Ukraine — There are flamethrowers. And then there is the thermobaric “rocket flamethrower.” The Ukrainian army announced last week that it had taken possession of a batch of several hundred RPV-16 thermobaric rocket launchers. Produced by ...
In this exclusive interview, Lt. j.g. Madeline "Maddy" Swegle talks about what it took to become the U.S. Navy's first black female tactical jet pilot as she prepared to graduate from the Navy's undergraduate Tactical Air (Strike) pilot training ...
In Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1990's, a seven-year-old John Eric Demery, Jr. sat in his family home and started to draw. It was a creative escape that he began just a year earlier. The sketch captured the attention of Demery’s mother. “I ...
