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For the first time, the Pentagon disclosed that the number of Soldiers in Syria doubled right before Assad was overthrown and Syria collapsed into chaos.
Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder opened his December 19th press conference by stating, “I learned today that, in fact, there are approximately 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.”
He provided little information concerning where they came from and their purpose but did confirm they were there for missions supporting America’s undeclared war against ISIS.
The Air Force and Navy will begin to let their V-22 Osprey fleets fly once more in the coming weeks after key parts of their engines are individually checked on each aircraft. The two grounded their tiltrotor planes Dec. 6 after a mechanical mishap with an Air Force Osprey in New Mexico.
Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, issued a bulletin Thursday clearing the service’s CV-22s back into the air after inspections. An Air Force Special Operations Command spokesperson told Task & Purpose its fleet would do the same.
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David McKeown has been chosen as the Defense Department Chief Information Office’s inaugural special assistant for cybersecurity innovation, according to a Friday announcement.
As part of the new role, McKeown will stand up and lead the CIO’s Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which will focus on tackling long-range and complex innovation challenges for cybersecurity modernization. He will be responsible for a range of programs and operations that will ensure the Pentagon is prepared to meet emerging cybersecurity threats, the DOD CIO noted in a statement posted on LinkedIn.
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Bats use echolocation to find food and places to rest. Add in an incendiary device glued to their chest, and you now have a firestorm that can wreak havoc on any enemy. Or so Pennsylvania dental surgeon Dr. Lytle S. Adams thought during World War II.
The problem is that you don’t know where they will go once released. Add to it that it’s generally a bad idea to mix explosives, adhesives, and wildlife.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Adams made a fateful trip to the Carlsbad Caverns National Park during a vacation to New Mexico. He was awed by the hundreds of thousands of bats that nested in the caves.