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In 1993, US forces consisting of Army Rangers and Delta Force commandos stormed into Mogadishu, Somalia, to capture warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and key members of his militia. During the raid, two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot…
In this day and age, the F-111 Aardvark and its larger variant, the FB-111 Switchblade, are often forgotten. That shouldn't be the case. Here are four reasons that these planes could still kick a lot of ass. 1. Speed
There is a proverbial 800-pound gorilla that the United States Army is facing. Well, more like 110 pounds. That's the weight some soldiers have to haul on their backs. And it's a big problem.
The CIA is the successor to a historic organization, the Office of Strategic Services, which ran guerrilla operations in Europe and Asia during World War II. But the CIA has a cadre of shooter that live in the shadows, the Special Activities Divisio…
Members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, inspect the Tabqa dam on March 27, 2017, which has been recently partially recaptured, as part of their battle for the jihadists' strong…
The United States was the "Arsenal of Democracy" in World War II, but even this arsenal had to get a little help from allies. The British, in fact, loaned us some of their planes during that conflict. Here are four planes we borrowed from the Brit…
The following is an Op/Ed written by Ken Falke. The opinions expressed are his own. There's an important …
Top Pentagon leaders are warning that the long war is going to get even longer. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford told Senate leaders on Wednesday that even after ISIS is defeated in S…
In May 2014 then-Tech Sgt. Kristopher Parker, an explosive ordnance disposal team leader, was out of comms in the middle of a firefight between U.S. troops and Taliban insurgents. According to
Intelligence gathered during the Jan. 28 raid on an al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula complex in Yemen prompted a
Let's face it, the Power Rangers have awesome superpowers, but they also have awesome gear, too. We're talking about the Zor…
The 1980s brought us some fantastic action movies like "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard," which made movie-goers consider joining the police force. When Tony Scott's "Top Gun" landed in cinemas across the nation, it was an instant blo…
Snipers are considered one of the most dangerous warfighters in the battlefield — taking out targets from concealed and undisclosed locations while homing in on prey that has no clue that they're in the crosshairs. With many legendary …
Corporal Jules Hauterman Jr. was part of the U.S. Army's 31st Regimental Combat Team at the Chosin Reservoir when they were overrun by counterattacking Chinese troops. Hauterman was 19 years old when he was among the 1,300 casualties o…
Declaring the Islamic State group's destruction its top Middle East priority, the Trump administration on March 22 urged coalition partn…
This article originally appeared at The Havok Journal. I recently read an article that posed an interesting question: Does the Army need airborne? The short answer is no. The long answer i…
A bunch of teenagers found magic coins and became rangers — specifically, Power Rangers. While everyone has to believe that Zordon had his reasons for selecting angsty teens rather than proven leaders, Army Rangers might have a little i…
On Sept. 6, 2005, Air Force Pararescueman Master Sgt. Mike Maroney plucked 3-year-old LaShay Brown out of flood-ravaged New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. And for a decade after that, they lost touch. At the tim…
Your grandparents and great grandparents fighting in World War II were hit with just as much safety rules as troops are today, it's just those rules rarely make it to the history books. But they weren't always given their safety rules i…
Russia recently summoned Israel's ambassador to deliver a message: The days of launching air strikes in Syria are over. According to a Reuters report, the Russians were hopping mad over a recent Israeli air strike in Syria they said was …