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Tech. Sgt. Pete Rivera, a recruiter for the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds,” looks at his reflection at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019. Rivera has been on the team since 2018.
One of the Navy SEALs accused of murdering Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Special Forces operator, in Mali in 2017 pled guilty in exchange for his case to be judged by special court-martial. Chief Special Warfare Officer Adam Matthews reached the pre-trial agreement with the government’s prosecutors earlier this week. Instead of facing a general […]
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, participate in a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachute jump into the water from a C-130J Hercules assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2019.
U.S. Army Ranger Staff Sgt. Ryan Hughes and Spc. Alexandre Addision, 82nd Airborne Division, ruck to the urban tactics obstacle course during the Best Ranger Competition, Apr. 12, 2019, at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Two United States Navy Demonstration Squadron “Blue Angel” F/A-18 Hornets perform during a practice show for the Legends in Flight airshow at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, May 9, 2019. This was the first joint show between the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron and the Blue Angels in more than a decade.
Using his executive authority, President Donald Trump has decided to pardon former 1st Lt. Michael Behenna over the killing of an al-Qaeda terrorist in 2008. Although Behenna had been ordered to capture the terrorist, Ali Mansu, and bring him back to face Iraqi justice, which is notoriously corrupt, he opted to take the man to […]
A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) clears along the wall of a building after conducting an underwater infiltration of Okaloosa Island on April 2. Special Forces soldiers from the group attacked a mock enemy outpost on the island to rescue a hostage after infiltrating by water. Special Forces Operational Detachment […]
Inside the Brashear Conference Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, stand a life-size photo of the late Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Carl Maxie Brashear and the diving suit he wore during U.S. Navy Diving and Salvage training in 1948. Brashear is a pioneer in Navy history, becoming the first African American master […]
This year marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. On the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, American, British, and Canadian forces stormed five beaches in Normandy, in northern France, in what was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany’s domination of Europe. To commemorate the anniversary, 600 movie theaters around the country will […]
In the early morning hours of May 11, French special operations forces (SOF) rescued four hostages, to include an American, during an audacious hostage rescue operation against a terrorist camp in Burkina Faso. Two French commandos, however, were killed in action during the operation. The four hostages included one American, one South Korean, and two […]
On Tuesday evening, Instagram decided to delete NEWSREP’s account without offering any concrete reasons. The only thing the NEWSREP managing team received from Instagram was a short email that hardly clarified the reasons behind what appears to be a permanent ban. “Your account has been deleted for not following our terms,” said the email. “You […]
Five Marines from the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), have been arrested for stealing government property worth more than $300,000 and then selling it on the black market. In the span of two years, two separate theft rings run by Marine special operators allegedly stole vehicle parts and tactical gear. The […]