In the history of military recruiting ads, none is more iconic than the Marine Corps’ “Rite of Passage” commercial from 1998. In it, a nameless hero swings a sword with an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on its hilt to slay a lava monster and then morphs into his Dress Blues.
Although younger Americans may not fully appreciate the awesomeness of this commercial, its status as a legend was cemented in the HBO miniseries “Generation Kill” – based on the book of the same name by Evan Wright – in which Cpl. Josh Ray Person jokes that the ad “got so many f—king guys.
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Earlier today, news broke that four U.S. servicemen were missing in the Baltic nation of Lithuania.
NATO Chief Mark Rutte just confirmed the four servicemen were dead.
“Whilst I was speaking the news came out about four American soldiers who were killed in an incident in Lithuania,” Rutte told reporters, adding that he did not know any details, reported Reuters.
In his 2022 article, “America Ignores Africa at its Own Peril,” Joe Bruhl made the case that the United States was ignoring Africa to its grave peril while China and Russia operated on the continent with impunity. Three years on, we asked him to reflect on his argument. Read more below. Image: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Thompson In your 2022 article, “America Ignores Africa at its Own Peril,” you characterized the U.S. posture toward Africa as “a problem to be managed,” while Russia and China operate unchecked across the continent.
In the winter of 1917, Russian and German troops on the Eastern Front of World War I were not only fighting each other, they were also trying to stay alive amid the blistering cold, starvation and, surprisingly, large packs of wolves.
It’s a well-known historical fact that citizens of the Russian Empire were starving by the winter of 1917. It was one of the many reasons for the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of the Soviet Union. But German civilians and military personnel, too, were starving.
The UK government also appears to be front-loading a planned defence budget increase to 2.5% of GDP by April 2027.
L Todd Wood sits down with former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince. We discuss how to solve the world’s geopolitical problems and how to fix DOD.
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Four Army Soldiers are currently missing in Lithuania, U.S. Army Africa and Europe confirmed Wednesday.
The four disappeared in a training area near Pabradė, which sits less than 10 miles from the border of Belarus. The Army said all four were members 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, which is based in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Lithuanian media reported that the soldiers were the crew of an M88A2 Hercules, a tracked, tank-like vehicle used on the battlefield as an armored tow truck, recovering disabled armored vehicles.
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U.S. troops deployed to the southern border can now conduct patrols in Stryker armored vehicles, according to U.S. Northern Command, or NORTHCOM.
The move comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered on March 1 that about 2,400 soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Then, on March 20, Hegseth authorized U.S. service members assigned to the border region to conduct “enhanced detection and monitoring” to support agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, a recent NORTHCOM news release says.
Simulating threats and modelling outcomes in the virtual environment creates a safe space to preempt the future potential of hypersonics.
DSET 2025 is to debut the British Army Security and Cyber Conference, aimed at addressing the challenges of cyber warfare and security.