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In every meeting of NATO officials, there comes the inevitable conversations about burden sharing and the exchange of fiscal platitudes furnished by member states that continue to fall short of their financial obligations to the alliance. The U.S. representative, often Defense Secretary James Mattis but occasionally even the American president himself, will remind the organization […]
When I was a kid, blessed with my ignorance of geopolitics and the looming rise of terrorism, I was aware of only a few legitimate threats to my safety and well-being. Rocky, I was aware, had already successfully defused the Cold War through the art of boxing, which left only looming concerns about clowns, quicksand […]
At approximately 7:50 p.m. on Tuesday night, Virginia police responded to a break in on Fort Picket, a National Guard base in the town of Blackstone. The suspect, who has not been identified but appears to be a National Guard soldier himself, was already making a medium speed getaway with the stolen property: what appears […]
U.S. Special Forces Soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, try to spot enemy fighters moving on a mountainside during a firefight, during an operation in the Alingar district, Laghman province, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2016. The operation was conducted with the intent of finding an insurgent known for firing mortar rounds and rockets onto U.S. […]
Marines are well known for a number of things: their strict adherence to uniform regulations, the sea bags worth of ego they carry around with them, and of course, their marksmanship. U.S. Marines train to develop competency with their weapons at greater distances than any other branch requires, as well as emphasizing closer range, higher […]
Army paratroopers participate in the 82nd Airborne Division Airborne Review at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 24, 2018, during All American Week, an annual celebration of the division. Army Photo by Pfc. Anthony Todd Watch 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers execute a mass tactical parachute jump from a C-17 in the video below:
The U.S. Navy has officially announced that its growing fleet of littoral combat ships (LCSs) will be armed with Norway’s Naval Strike Missile, an over-the-horizon anti-ship platform already in service in Norway’s Navy. Last month, SOFREP reported that the same missile platform is also being converted to sit within the F-35’s internal weapons bays, allowing […]
On Monday, news leaked from North Korea that the nation’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, had replaced three senior military officials within his regime with younger people believed to be more loyal to Kim. While North Korea has made no formal statements regarding this command shake up, it’s is widely speculated that the change was […]
Out here in the regular world, where law enforcement is just a phone call away and most bars have bouncers employed specifically to break up fights, fist fights tend to be pretty short. A few punches thrown, maybe some poorly executed wrestling, and unless you’re on your way to become an internet celebrity on WorldStar, […]
Late last week, Tom Cruise broke the internet with a single image overlaid with the words, “Feel the need.” The line, of course, alludes to the famous bit of dialogue between Cruise’s Maverick and his Radar Intercept Officer/best friend Goose (“I feel the need — the need for speed!”) but perhaps the most memorable moment […]
On Saturday night, a showboating off duty FBI agent was filmed dancing in a Denver nightclub, before dropping his pistol on the floor, going to pick it up, and discharging the weapon into a crowded room. According to the Denver Post, the round fired by the agent hit one man in the leg, and the […]
Air Force Maj. Paul “Loco” Lopez, the Air Combat Command F-22 Demonstration Team’s commander, performs during the AirPower Over Hampton Roads air and space expo at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 18, 2018. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell Watch an F-22 Raptor air maneuverability demonstration below: