President Joe Biden ordered 1,000 active duty troops to deploy to North Carolina to help with response efforts to Hurricane Helene, one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history, the White House said Wednesday.
Those active-duty troops will join 6,500 National Guard soldiers from 15 states already deployed or headed towards Helene’s path.
Under Biden’s order an Infantry Battalion Task Force from Fort Liberty, North Carolina will deploy to the region made up of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers and other units, the Pentagon said in a statement.
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When an officer gets new orders, or is getting out of the military, their send off can vary. Sometimes it’s a “good luck” and a pat on the back (or kick in the ass) on their way out the door, other times, it’s a prank or a time-honored unit tradition. For one tank platoon leader, this meant getting duct-taped and cargo-strapped to the barrel of his M1 Abrams as his soldiers stood at attention and rendered crisp salutes.
Of note, the platoon leader did not appear to return the salute.
The photo was first posted to U.S. Army WTF Moment’s Instagram and Facebook pages on Sept. 27.
S. Beynon, Military.
Andrew Latham, RealClearDefense
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The Army has sent at least one “robot dog” armed with an artificial intelligence-enabled gun turret to the Middle East for testing as a fresh counter-drone capability for U.S….
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The U.S. Navy’s return to VLRAAMs offers a glimpse into the envisioned strategy to overcome the ‘tyranny of distance’ in the Pacific.
Lani Kass, RealClearDefense
A little over two decades ago, military scientists sat around a conference table to eat breakfast and discuss biological clues for diagnosing traumatic brain injuries among service members. The meeting took place at a combat casualty conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, where researchers and doctors discussed TBIs soldiers could suffer on the battlefield.
It was the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
Within days, the U.S. would enter a series of wars that would last nearly two decades and TBIs would become “one of the signature injuries of troops wounded” in those conflicts.