Minnesota Vikings defensive end Pat Jones II is teaming up with Polaris and Call of Duty to highlight the latest brand collaboration between the global leader in Powersports and one of the world’s leading video game developers, all while giving back to veterans by raising funds for Call of Duty Endowment.
Dylan Gott (USMC ret.), Ivan Pace (Vikings), Jon Nieto (USMC vet.) and Pat Jones II (Vikings) getting ready to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Photo courtesy of Polaris.
Jones grew up around the military as his father served in the Navy.
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The Navy will name a new warship after Robert Kerrey, the first Navy SEAL to be awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam, who went on to a political career as a governor, U.S senator and one-time candidate for President.
The USS Robert Kerrey will be an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, built around the Aegis radar system designed to defend Navy battle groups from air attack. The Kerrey will be the third Arleigh Burke-class ship named for a SEAL.
On December 16, 2024, A24 Films released the first trailer for Warfare, a film written and directed by Iraq War veteran and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza along with Civil War director Alex Garland. Based on Mendoza’s experiences in Iraq, the film’s tagline is, “Everything is based on memory.”
Set in 2006, Warfare follows a team of SEALs as they fight to survive and extract from an Iraqi city (likely Ramadi) after what appears to be a compromised sniper overwatch mission.
Lithuania plans to integrate these small, vertical-lift support drones with larger Switchblade 600 loitering munitions
The beloved A-10 Warthog continues to show its worth even though the Air Force is rapidly draining them out of its current fleet and plans to retire all the aircraft in a few years.
Most recently, A-10s took part in airstrikes against the Islamic State group, or ISIS, from Dec. 30 to Jan. 6 around Iraq’s Hamrin mountains, U.S. Central Command recently announced.
“The A-10s tasked to support ground forces in the area were successful in eliminating the ISIS fighters within a cave,” a Jan. 6 news release from CENTCOM says.
FN Herstal has initiated the Small Arms Ammunition Technologies (SAAT) project to develop a unified standard for small arms ammunition.
Elbit Systems has secured a nearly $60m contract to provide a NATO member state in Europe with its C-UAS solution.
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A California group commander explains how MCAS Miramar is prepping for the transition.
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