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ArmyTimes.com
March 17, 2018
“The U.S. needs to stabilize fragile states cheaply — in blood, in treasure, in time,” said Mara Karlin, the associate director of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. “Building a military is — like all state building efforts — a political, not a technical, exercise.”.
Military Times
March 17, 2018
Arctic Edge 18 is a biennial, large-scale, joint-training exercise that prepares and tests the U.S. military's ability to operate tactically in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in Arctic environments with more than 1,500 participants from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy inÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 16, 2018
To close out their time in Estonia, the U.S. soldiers provided chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training to the Estonian army's 1st Infantry Brigade. Army Spc. Dewight Young, a CBRN specialist with the 82nd BEB, participated throughout the weeklong mission and said he believes thatÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 15, 2018
Spc. Brock Rollins, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, died in an off-post residence in Fayetteville, North ... “Specialist Brock Rollins volunteered to serve in our Army in a time of war and for that we are grateful,” Col.
War on the Rocks
March 9, 2018
Or, perhaps somewhat less felicitously, you will be hosting a Chinese visit to the United States. These visits are an important part of U.S.-China military diplomacy, both in terms of the specific service issues (for instance, ship visits and signal exercises for the Navy) as well as a broader demonstration of theÃâà...
Balkan Insight
March 9, 2018
“The United States will work with the EU, as it conducts its normal procedures to identify the next Specialist Prosecutor. ... who was appointed in 2016 as Specialist Prosecutor, previously led the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), which probed alleged crimes by Kosovo Liberation Army fighters.
BBC News
March 9, 2018
About 180 military personnel have been deployed to Salisbury to help in the investigation into the attempted murder of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter. The military personnel - drawn mostly from the Army, but also from the Royal Marines and RAF - are experts in chemical warfare and decontamination.
The Nation.
March 9, 2018
On Jones's desk, awaiting his signature, was a condolence letter to the family of US Army Spc. Javion Shavonte Sullivan, who had died two weeks .... acts of war against a sovereign nation without approval from Congress,” he said in an April statement after the United States began air strikes in Syria.19.
Department of Defense
March 9, 2018
Juniper Cobra 2018 is a ballistic missile defense joint U.S.-Israel exercise that uses computer simulations to train forces and enhance interoperability. ... Army Spc. Ramon Ramirez, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conducts emplacement and system validation for the MIM-104 Patriot airÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 8, 2018
U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti agreed with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, that while the Baltic region is crucial, those nations are part of NATO and have a ... as nine Cold War-era bases and a push of advanced ice-breaker ships, along with the standing up of a Russian arctic-focused military command.
Military Times
March 8, 2018
A U.S. Army Special Forces weapons sergeant inspects a Nigerien service member's weapon prior to entering a range as part of Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, ... Imminent danger pay is a flat monthly payment of $225 to troops on duty outside the U.S. and subject to physical harm or imminent danger due toÃâà...
WANE
March 8, 2018
FORT HOOD, Texas (WANE) – Hicksville graduate and U.S. Army Specialist Devon M. Wulff has died after being found unresponsive in his Fort Hood home Feb. 28, according to a statement by Fort Hood. Spc. Devon M. Wulff, 23 (Photo Courtesy: U.S. Army). The 23-year-old Wulff died Mar. 3 at Scott andÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 27, 2018
For six years, from high school sweethearts to Army soldiers, Sgt. Karrington Austin and Spc. Dominique Austin, both assigned to 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment here, have been dedicated to each other with no end in sight. Although married life is tough for any couple, dual-military romances faceÃâà...
KTUU.com
February 14, 2018
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Former U.S. Army specialist Ashley Ard was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years, three suspended - leaving nine years to serve - behind bars for the death of an infant child. The baby girl, daughter of the accused, was found in an Eagle River park nearly five years ago just hours afterÃâà...
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