America’s War to Keep Itself Safe After 9/11 By Jeff Seldin VOA For the past 18 years, there is one question that has rarely strayed for long from the minds of a majority of people living in the United States: Are we safe? It is a question that was etched into the American psyche following the …
Right place, right time: Soldiers deliver heroic response to car accident By Scott Sturkol (From left) Sgt. 1st Class Justin McCarthy with the 108th Training Command at Charlotte, N.C.; Sgt. 1st Class Eric Juhl with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment of Helena, Mont.; Sgt. Roger Williams with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, …
Airstrike Destroys New Iranian Storage Facilities on Syria-Iraq Border By Tamir Eshel -Defense Update Few days after Fox News reported about extensive construction of a new military base near the Syrian border crossing at Albukamal-Al-Qaim, the site suffered an airstrike that destroyed some of the site’s protected structures, allegedly providing forward storage for Iranian ballistic missiles. The …
The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, off the coast of Southern California this week. The first two launches took place Sept. 4, and the last two were Sept. 6. All occurred before sunrise. These test flights were …
WWII Navy Vet Awarded Medals 75 Years After Service From the Office of the Navy Chief of Information Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer awarded a WWII Sailor two high-level combat decorations in recognition of his meritorious service as an aircrewman in the European theater, in a Sept. 10 Pentagon ceremony. Long overdue! WWII …
Mattis: Obama ignored Iranian bomb plot of DC restaurant, ‘act of war’ due to nuke deal talks by Laura Widener American Military News Reprinted With Permission In his newly-released book “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead,” Jim Mattis took shots at President Barack Obama for failing to act in response to a 2011 Iranian bomb …
