The Pentagon is buying helicopters for its Afghan allies from the same Russian-based company that’s also selling weapons to Syria that Damascus is using against its own people.
Rosoboronexport, Moscow’s official arms …
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“Keep Your Hands Off That Dial!”
Remember Mom or Dad telling you not to fiddle with the car radio while driving? They didn’t want you running off the road.
It can get far more serious when you’re flying an Air Force fighter and you’re distracted …
Life, and Death, on the Fringe
It was with great sadness Wednesday that I learned of the death of retired TOPGUN pilot Navy Captain Carroll LeFon, killed Tuesday morning when his jet crashed at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
LeFon was better known
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“Green on Blue”
Pentagon officials won’t concede it, but privately defense officials say the spate of “green-on-blue” killings by Afghans of their purported U.S. allies over the past two weeks could lead to major changes in U.S. strategy. If …
“Other Than That, How Was Your Flight?”
Training for war – flying a jet fighter at low altitudes, for example – can be an unforgiving business. That’s the bottom line from an F-15 crash last October 24 in Nevada. The pilot wasn’t badly hurt, but the $32 million plane was totaled.
Accident investigators said they were unable to determine the cause of the crash, …
Trial by Snow: Training Navy SEALs to Deal with the Cold
Turns out the coolest Navy SEALs, those belonging to SEAL Team 6 (or the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, as they are officially known) need special training to operate in the cold.
Navy Seeking More Minority SEALs
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For God and Country
Now that the coming apocalypse over letting gay men and women serve openly has passed without a whimper, it’s time to move on to the next touchy topic: the role, or the lack of a role, that religion should play in the U.S. …
Real Soldiers, Fake Pregnancies
Army combat vets – remember, they’re limited to men — are donning fake breasts and bellies so they can better understand how pregnant soldiers feel during physical training. It’s part of the service’s Pregnancy Postpartum Physical Training Exercise Leaders Course.
“This whole thing is pretty uncomfortable,” Sergeant Michael …
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What’s Wrong With the Marines?
The corps – which likes to think of itself as the most elite of the nation’s military services – finds itself grappling with Nazi SS flags, scout-snipers urinating on Taliban dead, and a young leatherneck who committed suicide after intense hazing by fellow Marines on the front lines in Afghanistan. Over at the independent …