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Kathimerini
March 8, 2018
It was yet another sign of Turkey's new aggressive strategy which has manifestly unfolded in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean in recent months: from the constant flyovers by Turkish fighter jets, to the Turkish military patrols near the Imia islets that recently resulted in the ramming of a Greek coastÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 8, 2018
In 1982, Ronnie Barrett was a professional photographer taking photos of a military patrol boat on Tennessee's Stones River. The patrol boat was armed with two M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun mounts. Barrett was intrigued by the guns and wondered if a rifle could be designed to fire the .50 BMG bullet.
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 7, 2018
Yemeni soldiers ride on the back of a military patrol vehicle in the Red Sea port city of Al Mokha, Yemen on March 5, 2018. Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters. Sana'a -Taiz- Asharq Al-Awsat. The losses of Houthi militias in the battlefronts of Hodeida, Saada and Nehim have been on the rise due to the YemeniÃâà...
The National
March 7, 2018
UAE-backed Yemeni soldiers ride on the back of a military patrol vehicle in the Red Sea port city of Al Mokha, Yemen on March 5, 2018. Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters. The Yemeni army – with air support from the Saudi-led coalition – has seized control of the last Houthi-held military site in the northern districtÃâà...
New Telegraph Newspaper
February 26, 2018
Following attack and abduction of about 110 female students of Government Science and Technical College, Dapchi, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to effect a 24-hour military patrol of all schools in the North-East. Secretary-General of the union, Dr.
Popular Science
February 12, 2018
They called the sport “military patrol,” because, well, they were Norwegian border patrol men. Today, we call it “biathlon.” “Military patrol” made its debut as a demonstration at the 1924 Winter Olympics, but it wasn't until it gained popularity as a sport that it became “biathlon,” and in 1960 it became an officialÃâà...
Bustle
February 8, 2018
At the very first Winter Olympics in 1924, Switzerland took home the gold medal for "Military Patrol." The archaic sport has long been abandoned by the official Olympics organization, but the memory of it reminds us that the games have been with us for a good while now. How many Winter Olympics haveÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
Armed men believed to be Russian military patrol outside a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — DARPA, the Pentagon's high-tech office, is working with the government of Ukraine to develop capabilities to help Kiev inÃâà...
BusinessGhana
December 31, 1999
Combined teams of police and military officers are to patrol major cities in Ghana as part of government's efforts to combat the increasing spate of armed robberies. The Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, disclosed the measure in a meeting with journalists and urged the public to cooperate. He saidÃâà...