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2020

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Moscow Threatens ‘Sad Consequences’ After Belarus Arrests Russian Mercenaries Near Minsk

Moscow Threatens ‘Sad Consequences’ After Belarus Arrests Russian Mercenaries Near Minsk. RFE/RL Russia has issued a thinly veiled threat against Belarus over the detention of 33 Russian mercenaries who were arrested at gunpoint near the capital, Minsk, last week. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said the incident could have grave consequences …

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WATCH: U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox: Stop Anarchist Violence to Protect the Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble

U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox Opening Remarks before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing entitled “The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence.” “To target a Federal Courthouse and those who work there is to target the core of our lawful society.” Her Partial …

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Curtis Lamar Fort, 4th Servicemember Death related to Covid

On Thursday, July 30, 2020, the Lord called home our beloved father, husband, grandfather and friend, Elder Curtis Lamar Fort.  He made his departure from the Lewis Gale Medical Center CICU Unit. Official Obituary Curtis served in the United States Army for 45 years as a SP4 Chemical Specialist according to his Obituary. Fort was …

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Airmen from the 423rd Security Forces Squadron test M18 SIG Sauer Modular Handgun System

The Air Force Security Forces Center, in partnership with the Air Force Small Arms Program Office, has begun fielding the new M18 Modular Handgun System to Security Forces units. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Small Arms Program Office acquired approximately 125,000 M18s from Sig Sauer for $22.1 million. (U.S. Air Force photo by …

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DOD: We need a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile to deter Russia

Nuke Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Would Bolster Deterrence, Officials Say AUG. 4, 2020 | BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS Developing and deploying a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile is essential to deter Russia, U.S. officials have said. A recent State Department paper says the new weapon would help fill a gap identified in the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. The United States retired …

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“Nothing Daunted” Andrew A. Humphreys, the Union II Corps, and the Appomattox Campaign

Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys (1810–1883) was the best chief of staff in the storied history of the Army of the Potomac.1 He was smart, meticulous, and obsessively hardworking. He had accumulated in the years before the Civil War more high- level administrative experience than anyone in the Army. Over a period of sixteen months, he …