“Afghan NDS [National Directorate of Security] units with allied partners have conducted over 60 high-profile arrest operations over the past six months in Kabul alone, including the spectacular interdiction of a 12,000-kilogram truck bomb on the outskirts of the city which resulted in five enemy killed in action and two captured.”
BattlelandNavy
History was made in a flash earlier this week, when the Navy’s jet-powered X-47B drone flew off an aircraft carrier for the first time. The official Navy video of the event lasted all of 10 seconds.
But actual recordings of …
With recent investigation of the Army coordinator of one of Fort Hood’s sexual-abuse prevention programs, coupled with the arrest of an Air Force officer in charge of his service’s sexual-assault prevention program, dismay is …
As the IRS scandal reached its fifth day, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller has resigned his post, the first casualty of what will be a lengthy investigation.
Another case of not enough military mental-health workers: Maj. Eden is the lone U.S. combat-stress therapy dog in Afghanistan.
All right. everyone take a deep breath. Now exhale.
BattlelandSpecial Operations
Soldiers coming home from battle have long smuggled war trophies – weapons and other items plundered from the enemy, living or otherwise. There are strict Pentagon rules and regulations on the practice.
But that all involves
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What’s the absolute worst part of the Internet? Reasonable folks may disagree.
Last Thursday, Prince Harry swept a number of military moms off their feet at a White House Mother’s Day tea hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
The President proclaimed the next day National Military Spouse Appreciation …
Many migrants attempting to pass into the U.S. are ignorant of the treacherous journey that lies ahead.
Simpson testifies, for the first time ever, in a Las Vegas court room.
BattlelandMilitary Justice
Sexual assaults in the military, long simmering on the Pentagon’s back burner, moved to a roiling boil 10 days ago – and threatened to explode with the announcement Tuesday night of yet another probe into sexual assault by a …
BattlelandRussia
The Russians booted a U.S. diplomat from their country Tuesday, contending he was a CIA spy. The cable network FX has a hit on its hands with The Americans, a weekly show that focuses on a Soviet couple working for the KGB in …
