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The first publicly known example of the Model 437 drone emerged earlier this month with a notable design change, a cockpit.
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In his debut column for The Free Press, Niall Ferguson highlights some of the challenges currently facing the United States.
The acquisition of the AH-64E Apache platform will see the British Army remove the older D models from service by the end of 2024.
Three years ago today, the last plane carrying U.S. troops took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul just before midnight local time, marking the official end of America’s longest war.
The U.S.-backed Afghan government had collapsed two weeks earlier, and American troops had spent the last half of August 2021 engaged in a heroic effort to save more than 124,000 Afghans and Americans from the Taliban. A terrorist attack on the airport’s Abbey Gate killed 13 U.S. troops.
The US Army awarded a $1.3bn follow-on contract for Javelin missiles and additional equipment to JJV, a Raytheon and Lockheed Martin team.
Jim Goldgeier and Marshall Kosloff discuss the post-Cold War era, NATO expansion, great-power expectations, and the future of the U.S. role in Europe. Image: Number 10
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It’s time for the national security enterprise to take non-lethal weapons seriously. Yes, non-lethal weapons. The Defense Department has been trying to come to terms with the use of non-lethal weapons in military operations for at least three decades. In 1996, Congress directed the secretary of defense to centralize responsibility for non-lethal weapons development due to their potential widespread operational utility.
When it comes to living the military lifestyle, only one thing is guaranteed: change. With constant change often comes constant moves and setting up a new house. Whether you are a seasoned spouse or new to the military life, we all know that sometimes living in military housing is unavoidable.
Take it from Army spouse Beth Kingston, who has lived in 14 different homes in 21 years. Kingston, owner of Kingston Crafts and an on-air craft expert on the Home Shopping Network, tells We Are The Mighty that four of those homes included on-post housing – and it has a few surprising benefits.
Airmen assigned to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma have a new mantra meant to inspire esprit de corps: Tinker Strong!
“Members of the 72nd Air Base Wing are encouraged to say ‘Tinker Strong’ as a way of greeting individuals as they come through the gate or supporting customers within their work centers,” officials from the base told Task & Purpose. “The statement provides members on base a reminder that we are united and stronger together.
Bullets whizzed by Cpl. Daniel “Duke” Heller as he rescued wounded Marines who’d been trapped in a North Vietnamese Army ambush in the A Shau Valley, Vietnam, on Feb. 13, 1969. Despite being wounded by shrapnel from an RPG, Heller pushed on. He received a Silver Star Medal for his actions that day, but his fellow Marines campaigned for years to see the award upgraded. Five-and-a-half decades later, that happened.
On Wednesday, Heller received the Navy Cross, the second-highest valor award a Marine can receive. The 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen.