The handlers and dogs of the 1st Military Working Dog Regiment, British Army, from North London, successfully completed a familiarization flight aboard an AW159 Wildcat helicopter at an Estonia military training facility, Parnu County, Estonia, May 14, 2024 as part of exercise Swift Response 24.
The move to upgrade its fleet follows years of successful drone strikes by rebel forces.
Israeli protesters halted a convoy of aid bound for Gaza at a checkpoint between the occupied West Bank and Israel. Videos circulating online showed them hurling some of the aid off trucks and destroying it. Police said a number of arrests were made, without elaborating.
As has become tradition, the Field Artillery Half-Section named two of its Military Working Equines after the two former commanding generals of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill. And, like their namesakes, the two horses have now become retired “Soldiers.”
The Springfield Museums have joined the Blue Star Museums initiative, offering free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families throughout the summer.
Changing the defense ministry leadership signals that Russia’s president is “preparing for many more years of war.”
The Israeli army has called on people in Rafah to leave further areas of the city, increasing concerns about an expansion of its military operation in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. Families are packing their belongings all over the city, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) employee wrote on X: "The streets are much emptier." At the beginning of the week, Israel launched a deployment of ground troops in the eastern outskirts of Rafah...
Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said on Saturday.
Decline Of Senior Officer Integrity And Civilian Control Of The Military Authored by Keith T. Holcomb via RealClearDefense, Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the politicization of senior military officers, who show an increasing propensity to compromise their integrity to gain influence and achieve both budgetary and policy goals. Their willingness to spin carefully parsed and knowingly misleading testimony and advice compromises civilian control...
Israel’s military operation in Rafah and the seizure of Gaza’s only land crossing dampened hopes for a ceasefire, eliciting global backlash. The UN warned of an impending disaster in Gaza, while the U.S. intelligence chief discussed halting operations with the Israeli Prime Minister. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, responded Wednesday, May 8, […]
Both Jeep and Marathon Watches made their name supplying the military, and now they're collaborating
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley threw his own military under the bus yesterday, trying to rationalize the killing and maiming of thousands of Palestinian civilians in the last six months of the Israeli war in Gaza. The following video is a stunning example of how far Israel's supporters in the United States will go to justify what is becoming one of biggest humanitarian catastrophes in the 21st century, sparked by relentless indiscriminate bombing in the densely packed Gaza strip,...