In a recent blog post, Dale Dye recalled standing at a base exchange in San Antonio, chatting with a young airman who’s been in for three years. The kid was wearing seven ribbons on his chest. Dye recognized the National Defense Service Medal, but the rest looked like a jumble of Skittles.
“There was a ribbon for just being in the Air Force and another one for successfully completing basic training,” Dye wrote. “Another one he said had to do with a year he spent out on Okinawa. About the rest he wasn’t really sure but they represented, you know, just military stuff.
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The small sized, five megawatt nuclear reactor was transported from California to Utah in the back of a C-17 airlifter.
Jangoulun Singsit, Army Technology
The Apache Attack Helicopter AH-64 has completed a successful live fire trial of the new 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) ammunition
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Tyler Rogoway, The WarZone
Micro nuclear reactors are being seen as a way to get critical bases off the grid, but they could also have a major impact on civilian energy production.
Laura Heckmann, NatDefense
The Marine Corps recently launched a new training program focused on turning hundreds of Marines into small drone operators.
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As the United States marks Presidents Day ahead of its 250th anniversary, Americans are invited to reflect on the individuals who carried the weight of the presidency during moments of national peril. Standing tall among them is Abraham Lincoln, a leader remembered not only for preserving the Union and ending slavery, but also for evolving under fire into an active wartime commander.
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In May 1862, the second year of the Civil War, Lincoln did something few presidents have before or since.
Lithuania will allocate $265m in military aid to Ukraine in 2026, Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas has said.
Sitting at a beachside bar, Jeff Evans looked out into the waters of the South China Sea and wondered if his dad and uncle had ever shared a beer at the same bar.
“The rumor mill in the family was that they had got together once or twice,” Evans said. “And I would only like to hope that they’re like me, and I love the beach.”
Perhaps, he thought, his uncle David Lynn Evans had taken leave from his base outside Ho Chi Minh City and traveled to Nha Trang, where his brother, Norman Francis Evans — Jeff’s father — was stationed.