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Once upon a time, a long time ago, the fitness industry was a tough one to get rich in. As the decades wore on, however, a combination of concerted marketing efforts and increasingly calorically dense but sedentary lifestyles among Americans conspired to change all that. As we got fatter, our culture worked to convince us […]
Marines fire an FM-92 stinger missile during a live-fire exercise at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., May 19, 2018. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hanna L. Powell See the FM-92 stinger missile in action in the video below:
A sniper participates in Rock Sokol, an exercise conducted by the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian Armed Forces, in Postojna, Slovenia, May 10, 2018. Army photo by Graigg Faggionato See soldiers training in exercise Rock Sokol below: https://youtu.be/-5BCf-yDRXg
Late last year, the Pentagon was forced to admit that they have been secretly funding a program that aimed to investigate military reports of unidentified flying objects, or as the Defense Department refers to them, AAVs — Anomalous Aerial Vehicles. The program, given the clunky title of “The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program,” was led […]
The world was a different place in 1986. Mike Tyson won his first title that year, making him the youngest man ever to do so. A brand new Ford Mustang cost less than $7,500, and Tom Cruise was the face of what may have been the most successful military recruitment campaign in U.S. history. Here […]
Soldiers participate in a blank-fire rehearsal before a combined arms live-fire exercise as part of Balikatan in Tarlac, Philippines, May 12, 2018. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise. Army photo by Staff Sgt. David Beckstrom Learn more about the international training with Philippine Marines that took place during exercise Balikatan in the video […]
An analysis of non-combat injuries sustained by American military personnel while deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan over 12 years has revealed some illuminating trends that may aid in establishing new standard procedures that will keep service members safer while doing their job in theater. According to the report, which was published in the medical journal […]
Thanks to my varied career and personal choices over the years, I’ve put a lot of knives through their paces. Whether it’s for a field op or camping, a daily use pocket knife or a defensive weapon, a multi-purpose survival knife or a fancy decorative piece. I’ve probably got a knife or two that’ll fit […]
Soldiers practice boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria, July 21, 2017. The soldiers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, were preparing for Swift Response, an all-night air assault mission during Saber Guardian 17. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Scaggs See highlights from the U.S. Army Europe’s Saber Guardian […]
According to accusations levied by the U.K. government in March, individuals acting under orders from the Russian government attempted to assassinate a former Russian military intelligence officer turned MI5 spy on U.K. soil earlier this year, drawing headlines the world over thanks to their brazen use of a Soviet era nerve agent in the attempt. […]
Our modern world certainly isn’t short on threats — from lone wolf terror attacks to state level threats like a nuclear North Korea to worry about on the global scale and good old-fashioned home invasions and murders to stress over on the local front, it can feel like there’s never been more to prepare for […]
Earlier this month, Google employees made a stir in Silicon Valley when a number of them chose to resign from their positions in protest after their company agreed to work with the Defense Department on a new artificial intelligence initiative. Overwhelmingly, the media presented this gesture as an ethical stand — with tech professionals doing […]