The 75th Ranger Regiment is the home of all three active duty, deployable, Ranger Battalions. This regiment is composed of the !st, 2nd, and 3rd Ranger Battalions. The 75th Ranger Regiment is the premier light infantry unit of the United States Army. The 4th, 5th, and 6th Ranger Battalions are TRADOC units where recruits are made into Rangers. [...]
US Marines, British Soldiers, and Afghan Forces have recently destroyed hundreds of tons of poppy seeds, opium, and heroin in Helmand, and Kandahar Provinces in southern Afghanistan. Since the Taliban uses proceeds from drug sales to fund their war efforts in the region friendly forces have also confiscated military supplies to include bomb making materials, [...]
An Australian search team have finally located the remains of it’s last two Airmen who were missing in Vietnam. They were located near the Laotian border which was their last known position before they crashed in the jungle while returning from a bombing mission. The remains of Flying Officer Michael Herbert, and Pilot Officer Robert Carver have [...]
This aircraft is a bad mamma jamma. I remember when it was first introduced to the US arsenal years ago. It seemed like something out of star wars. I know that other countries have them now in one form or another. I don’t know the differences in the capabilities of theirs vs ours, but I would lean [...]
The US Navy is warning the world to expect increased attacks by Somali pirates in the next few weeks. The number of attacks have been low recently which is due in a very large part to the current monsoon season in the Gulf of Aden area. The heavy seasonal rains and winds make sailing conditions very tough, [...]
The AEGIS Combat System refers more to a network of operations than it does to a specific weapon. It can be one ship utilizing the AEGIS Anti-Ballistic missile, or a network of ships operating in concert to get the job done. This anti ballistic missile system is used by our Navy, but there are other [...]
If you really want to have a laugh check this one out. The book entitled “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Rules for Mujahideen” has set up rules of conduct for Islamic extremists waging war against the US in Afghanistan. Ain’t that a kick. I think that the whole thing is a propaganda tool to gain [...]
The US Coast Guard rescued 113 Haitian survivors and recovered another 11 bodies in a rescue on July 21st. The rescue took place off of the Turks ans Caicos Islands which are located in the Carribbean between the Bahamas and Haiti. The sailboat was reported to have about 200 passengers aboard it when it capsized. [...]
The US Coast Guard in conjunction with the British Navy seized $55,000,000 worth of cocaine last week off of the coast of Venezuela. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Group Team 406 was aboard the Royal Navy frigate Iron Duke when the British ship spotted the go fast boat crew dumping bales of cocaine overboard. When they [...]
The Landing Safety Officer is an experienced aviator who is responsible for helping pilots to land safely on an Aircraft Carrier. We are more familiar with the man we see on the movies waving paddles at the pilots to help them line up their aircraft for landing but it goes much deeper than that. There [...]
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