[LINK] Cairo In Flames: Stunning Photos Of The Protests Happening In Egypt
It seemed to start when Egyptian broadcaster Sheik Khaled Abdullah aired the anti-Islam satire video titled Innocence of Muslims or Life of Muhammad, calling for the outrage of his fellow Muslims....
View ArticleAmerican School In Tunisia Torched
The protests that started in Cairo have spread across the world raising havoc in more than a dozen countries in the Muslim world. The news today is one of massive chaos: Lots of protests, fires, and...
View ArticleAmerica's Scariest Electronic Weapons
Controlling the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a major asset in military operations. The Marines recently demonstrated their painful "heat ray," a weapon that blasts intruders with a wave beam that...
View ArticleWe're Headed To The Persian Gulf For A Huge Military Mine Clearing Exercise
Underwater mines may be one of the most effective ways of disabling an opposing force in the history of warfare, and if Iran feels it has little left to lose it could mine the Strait of Hormuz and...
View ArticleHow One Man Helped Prevent A Christian Massacre In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds
I took a few classes at the University of South Florida to wrap up a B.A. after leaving the Army and one of my professors was Georgetown Alumnus Richard O'Brien. He taught Conflict in the World and...
View ArticleThis Heavily-Armed Drone Is Changing The Way America Wages War
The Predator drone is a key tool in the Pentagon's War on Terror, logging more than 1 million miles over scores of countries since its 1995 introduction. The drone went from helpful to deadly when it...
View ArticleI'm Fifty Miles Off The Coast Of Iran On A US Aircraft Carrier And It's...
Heading north on the aircraft carrier Eisenhower about 50 miles off the coast of Iran, it's very easy to forget the problems with Tehran and its nuclear program. For several months Iran has been...
View ArticleUS Admiral Perry Unveiled His Plan For Mine Clearing In The Persian Gulf
There are 10 other media outlets here in Bahrain for the multinational mine clearing exercise (IMCMEX), and today we were briefed on what's going to happen in the next couple of days when we're in the...
View ArticleEveryone In The Gulf Was Shocked To See This Iraqi Patrol Boat
I've been in the Persian Gulf covering the huge international mine clearing exercise less than 300 miles from the Strait of Hormuz, and Saturday the Navy dropped the media back off in Bahrain. That...
View ArticleAmerica Has Never Had A Ship Like The USS Ponce [PHOTOS]
Ordered by the U.S. Navy more than 45 years ago and cruising the world's oceans since 1971, the USS Ponce (pronounced pon-say) was given a new lease on life in March of this year. It was almost...
View ArticleChina's Launched Its First Aircraft Carrier To Coincide With Japanese...
After months of development, China officially launched its much anticipated aircraft carrier, the Associated Press reports today. Named the Liaoning, the ship has yet to carry any aircraft however....
View ArticleHow To Work A Room Like Badass 4-Star Marine General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
It's difficult to explain the power and presence of a General. Not the one, two, or even three star varieties pounding around the world, overseeing bases, troops, and maneuvers, but a full-blown...
View ArticleAfter Wasting $5 Billion Dollars, The Army Is Eyeing These New Camouflage...
Earlier this summer we wrote: "The U.S. Marine Corps has long been known for doing more with less; smaller, more agile, and quick to react, it actually employed that ability when hunting for new...
View ArticleHELP! We Want To Talk To 'Essam' The Street Artist Wanted By The NYPD For...
We have been covering the secret U.S. drone war and the impending flood of U.S. drones into domestic airspace, but one New York street artist has taken the discussion to a new level. Going by the...
View ArticleThe US Navy And Allies Showed Iran Who Really Controls The Strait Of Hormuz
The US Navy and allies just completed a 12-day mine clearing exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. While the military avoided mentioning the standoff with Iran, the message was clear. The allied nations...
View ArticleThe F/A-18 Is Still Defining America's Air Superiority
With the F-22 still unfit for combat, and the F-35 probably years away from service, the brunt of U.S. air power falls to the aging F/A-18. Having undergone extensive modifications and upgrades since...
View ArticleThis First Person IED Blast Video Shows Everyday Life For US Troops In...
Aside from being killed by the Afghan troops they're tasked with training, the number one cause of death for U.S. troops in Afghanistan is IEDs. Improvised explosive devices can be made from virtually...
View ArticleThis Massive Helicopter Has Handled US Air Drops For 50 Years
From high-speed low-visibility inserts of specialized SEAL teams to simple ammo drops at middle of nowhere posts in Afghanistan, this beast has been servicing those in service for more than 50 years....
View ArticleTwo Carrier Groups Are Now Operating In The China Sea
The USS George Washington and the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), a flotilla of five ships and more than 10,000 Navy personnel are now operating in the conflict ridden South...
View ArticleThe US Is Sending Three Deadly Weapons To The Korean DMZ
When North Korea rained down a barrage of artillery on South Korea in the fall of 2010, killing four people and causing untold damage, neither the South nor the U.S. did much at all. It looks like...
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