Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Harrington speaks with a clear, even voice, which, if you’ve ever met an Army drill sergeant, might be surprising. When he discusses life “on the trail,” as drill sergeants describe their jobs, his words are free of the raspy or strained tones that many in his profession have adopted after countless hours of shouted “corrections.”
Part of his unblemished voice, he says, comes from good technique and the occasional cup of tea.
“Tea with some honey sometimes,” he said. “And you have to not yell from your throat.
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U.S.-MEXICO BORDER — Drone threats from criminal cartels currently present a “very real” danger on America’s southern border, according to U.S. military officials deployed there who said so-called “narco-terrorists” are increasingly adapting their technology-enabled tactics and tradecraft.
Though they repeatedly declined to discuss details about the frequency, payloads, size and proximity of such unmanned aerial system threats (citing operational security concerns), U.S.
BAE Systems has secured a four-year framework agreement to deliver artillery and armoured vehicle weapon system components to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-57 fifth generation fighter aircraft, following an intensification of work to accelerate the type’s rate of production. The aircraft were reported to have undergone “a full cycle of factory tests, were tested in various operating modes by pilots from the Russian Defence Ministry” before delivery.” Commenting on the delivery, United Aircraft Cooperation CEO Vadim Badekha observed: “The fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft is the best aircraft in its class.
Milrem Robotics aspire to lead integration of nations’ disparate uncrewed systems along the border with Russia and Belarus through the UDL.
A hurricane sank the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon, off the Florida Keys on September 6, 1622. Besides the approximately 265 crew members and passengers on board, it carried tons of gold, silver, and other valuables deep under water.
Three hundred years later, a kindly Midwestern couple had a boy they named Mel in Indiana. Mel Fisher became fascinated with pirates and lost treasures as a child, in part because of his love of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book “Treasure Island.
“If one is to judge by the fire and ardor with which this book is sought after, it is the most excellent of all books. Never were so many copies printed of any work; never were so many editions made of a single book; never has any writing been read by so many people.” -Pierre-Valentin Faydit in La Télémacomanie (1700), snidely critiquing the “mania” surrounding the initial publication of The Adventures of Telemachus.
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Both AMPV 30s feature the Kongsberg Medium Caliber Turret and counter-drone technology for battlefield protection