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Popular Mechanics
January 2, 2018
The contract number is difficult to run down, but it appears the sleeping bag was part of a contract for 1950s-era F-84F Thunderstreak jet fighters. That makes sense since the bag, sealed in a can, is clearly meant to be used only in emergencies. Why would the U.S. military pack sleeping bags in metal cans?
KUOW News and Information
January 2, 2018
A U.S. service member was killed in a "combat engagement" in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on New Year's Day, and four other U.S. service members were injured, according to a U.S. military statement. The U.S. military did not immediately explain what kind of combat the service members wereÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 19, 2017
“The recent 'island encirclement' patrols are very unusual,” Macau-based military observer Antony Wong Dong told the South China Morning Post ... Taiwan is well armed, mostly with U.S. weaponry, but has been seeking to purchase more high-tech equipment from Washington to defend itself from China.
Newsweek
December 12, 2017
The “island encirclement patrol” took place after a senior Chinese diplomat threatened that Beijing would invade Taiwan if any U.S. warships made port visits ... an Air Force spokesman, described the patrols as “routine” and “planned” to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity on the militaryÃÂ ...
Motherboard
December 7, 2017
The US military is proposing to send stealth fighters into North Korea to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles and stop a possible nuclear attack on the United States. But the scheme, which has the support of at least one key congressman, would never actually work. "Cray cray" is how Jeffrey Lewis,ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Russia is looking to add another twist to the saga of tit-for-tat sanctions that it has traded with Washington in recent years. This time, patrol flights intended to boost mutual trust are edging near the chopping block as Moscow said it is adding its own restrictions and the U.S. only has itself to blame.
Express.co.uk
December 16, 2017
A staggering 14,000 troops will take part in the exercises as the White House ordered flexing of US military might in the region. US Navy F/A-18 ... with the North. Highly trained maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadron will spend ten days in the area, in an action which is likely to provoke North Korea.
WUWM
December 16, 2017
There was a flap surrounding a White House ceremony a few weeks ago honoring Native American contributions to the military. And while ... During the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate James Elliott Williams, a Cherokee, commanded Navy PBR (Patrol Boat, Riverine) 105 in the Mekong Delta.
The Register-Guard
December 16, 2017
Spohn serves with the U.S. Navy Reserve in Springfield. The 250 wreaths placed at three cemeteries in the Eugene-Springfield area on Saturday are “just a small piece” of Wreaths Across America, said Major Roxanne Cole, with the Civil Air Patrol's Mahlon Sweet Composite Squadron. The nationalÃÂ ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
December 16, 2017
Often, the first responder on the scene of the accident is a single California Highway Patrol officer who has to decipher in a short time frame how to make ... While in the U.S. Navy, I amassed roughly 4,000 hours of flight time in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft as an enlisted air crewman operating all sortsÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 14, 2017
Tensions have risen in recent days after a senior Chinese diplomat threatened China would invade Taiwan if any U.S. warships made port visits to the island which China ... China is firmly opposed to any official exchanges, military contact, or arms sales between Taiwan and the United States, he added.
Stars and Stripes
November 29, 2017
The Navy doesn't attribute any particular significance to the increased frequency of its Black Sea patrols. Destroyers are there to augment allied defenses and protect waters of economic and military importance, officials said. Besides its security patrol, the destroyer crew will train with the Ukrainian andÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
November 22, 2017
A U.S. soldier takes cover near a patrol base south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 29, 2007. (David ... There are plenty of warning signs that the defense budget is too small to meet the United States' global commitments, and that military readiness is suffering with dangerous consequences. Back in JuneÃÂ ...
Mirror.co.uk
October 9, 2017
US and South Korea increase spy plane patrols as fears grow Kim Jong-un ... prove that their missile can hit the western coast of the United States. ... The NPC said the agreement is a symbol of "US military occupation" and it ...
The Maritime Executive
October 2, 2017
Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been awarded the contract to produce the U.S. Navy's next-generation patrol boat, the PB(X).
News8000.com
December 31, 1999
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - All across America Saturday, people are placing wreaths on the grave sites of those who have served in the military. Some members of the U.S. Air Force's local Civil Air Patrol division took time to remember and reflect on those who have served before them. At a formalÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
But the New York Times, citing U.S. military officials, said that three Green ... Soldiers from Niger patrol in a truck at Kabalewa refugee camp, where ... the country may cool its cooperation with the United States as a result.
We Are The Mighty (blog)
December 31, 1999
The joint patrol, conducted to train Nigerien troops, was considered routine, according to US military officials cited by Fox News. Eight to 10 USÂ ...
San Bernardino County Sun
December 31, 1999
A U.S. military official said that three Army Green Berets were killed in ... is struggling, even with assistance from the United States and France, ...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
The U.S. military has confirmed three U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when a joint U.S.-Niger military patrol was attacked Wednesday in ... The United States has about 800 service members in Niger to ... Pentagon Thursday that America has increased its military presence in Niger ...
Pocono Record
September 27, 2017
Experts: NKorea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes ... SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the ... warplanes to the Korean Peninsula for patrols or drills during times of animosity. ... guarantee retaliation from the United States that could lead to war, Cha said.
PEOPLE.com
September 27, 2017
A U.S. “Border Patrol” get-up has generated outrage on social media in the ... made regarding the border between the United States and Mexico. The costume from Spirit Halloween Superstores features a military green t-shirtÃÂ ...
Marconews
September 26, 2017
At the Civil Air Patrol hangar and headquarters at the airport's ... a civilian component of the U.S. military, government funds will not cover theÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
September 26, 2017
This Pentagon report also warned that, like Russia, China is ... In 2008, the United States still held the number two spot behind Japan in patent applications with 232,000. ... In emerging military domains, China has begun to contest U.S. ... with... improved standoff weapons” patrol the skies ready to strike.
ABS-CBN News
September 26, 2017
He has since banned the Filipino military from conducting joint patrols with the US navy outside Philippine waters and trimmed the number ofÃÂ ...
Air Force Link
September 26, 2017
(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman) ... manpower and expertise to provide critical control of military airlift to the heavily ... entities and commercial companies such as the U.S. Border Patrol, FBI, U.S.ÃÂ ...
ABC News
September 26, 2017
N. Korea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes: Experts ... Military analysts say North Korea doesn't have either the capability or the intent to ... North and South Korea that they have in this century, according to the Pentagon. ... guarantee retaliation from the United States that could lead to war, Cha said.
Christian Science Monitor
September 26, 2017
September 26, 2017 New Delhi—US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis held talks with ... The United States has been critical of China's build-up of military ... But New Delhi turned down a US suggestion of regional joint patrols withÃÂ ...
The Nation.
September 12, 2017
As their disintegrator beams boiled the oceans, annihilated the US Navy, .... to maintain the United States' position as the world's dominant military power,” ... Within a decade, the Pentagon apparently hopes to patrol the entireÃÂ ...
Naval Technology
September 12, 2017
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale of 35m-long fast patrol boats (FPB) toÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
September 12, 2017
On September 7, the United States and Indonesia kicked off the 23rd iteration of a key ... According to the Pentagon, CARAT Indonesia 2017 will witness the participation of more than 300 U.S. military members along with ... a gunnery exercise; and maritime patrol operations; while the ashore face will seeÃÂ ...
CNN International
September 12, 2017
(CNN) Five US troops received non-life threatening injuries in ... an official with the NATO-led military coalition in Afghanistan told CNN. ... troops were conducting a routine patrol and that the suicide bomber was ... Joseph Dunford said Monday at a Pentagon ceremony commemorating the anniversary ofÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 12, 2017
HEMEIMEEM AIR BASE, Syria (AP) — Russia's military said Tuesday ... some backed by Turkey and others by the U.S., in the northwest and north as ... Russia then deployed hundreds of military police to patrol the city's ... A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States.
South China Morning Post
September 2, 2017
The Pentagon is planning to conduct more regular patrols in the South ... Beijing sounds warning over latest US Navy patrol in South China Sea. Future patrols also could include US military aircraft as well as US Navy ... with the United States, but might intensify military its build-up in the contested waters.
Aviation Week
August 7, 2017
The newest AT-802 combat derivative—the L3 Technologies AT-802L Longsword—has been invited to fly in the U.S. Air Force's OA-XÃÂ ...
Concord Monitor
August 7, 2017
Soldiers patrol inside the Paramacay military base in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. According to the government earlier in theÃÂ ...
NPR
August 7, 2017
The Pentagon is pushing Congress to help it save $2 billion a year .... F-15s scrambled from the base to patrol the skies over New York ... "We were still in the middle of doing combat air patrols over cities of the United States," said Col. ... work to identify overseas threats to U.S. government cyber networks.
New York Times
August 7, 2017
U.S. Troops Train in Eastern Europe to Echoes of the Cold War ... But the United States and its NATO allies recently completed positioning ... In response, the Pentagon has stepped up training rotations and ... The Russian military threat has changed markedly since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Belfast Telegraph
August 4, 2017
The attack took place on Thursday evening and hit the Nato patrol near the ... service members and an Afghan interpreter, according to the US military. ... Gareshk district is also where the Pentagon confirmed that an errant USÃÂ ...
ABC News
August 4, 2017
Thursday evening's attack hit the NATO patrol near the town of ... According to the U.S. military, three other Georgian soldiers were ... Gareshk district is also where the Pentagon confirmed that an errant U.S. bomb last monthÃÂ ...
CNN
July 29, 2017
(CNN) A US Navy aircraft carrier fired warning flares at Iranian vessels in the Persian ... On Tuesday, a US Navy ship fired warning shots at an armed Iranian patrol boat in the northern end ... Pentagon spokesman US Navy Capt. ... In June, the US military labeled the actions of an Iranian vessel "unsafe andÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
July 25, 2017
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots at an Iranian military vessel that approached it at high speed Tuesday, two U.S.ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
July 21, 2017
Russian soldiers, on armored vehicles, patrol a street in Aleppo, Syria, February 2017. The Syrian military's successful recapture of Aleppo hasÃÂ ...
Middle East Online
March 28, 2017
U.S. Marines patrol street in Shah Karez in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 10. ... That campaign has now continued under three U.S. presidents, two Afghan presidents, too many U.S. military commanders to count, and a variety of operational ...
Philippine Star
March 28, 2017
MANILA, Philippines - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use its newly acquired TC-90 aircraft from Japan to patrol the West Philippine Sea and Benham Rise where incidents of China's incursion were recorded. The Philippine Navy officially ...
The Guardian
March 28, 2017
"Beijing can now deploy military assets, including combat aircraft and mobile missile launchers, to the Spratly Islands at any time," said the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), part of Washington's Center for Strategic and International ...
KCEN-TV
March 28, 2017
The U.S. military is examining about 700 videos of coalition airstrikes as it investigates allegations that a March 17 bombing by the U.S.-led coalition caused the deaths of 100 or more civilians in the beiseged Iraqi city of Mosul. "We are trying to ...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 25, 2017
A similar scenario played out with the Philippines in 2012 after then-president Aquino got too close to the United States, deepening defense ties and authorizing an expanded U.S. military presence in the Philippines. The PRC picked a fight over the ...
UCLA Newsroom
March 23, 2017
Kelly Lytle Hernandez is an associate professor of history and African American studies at UCLA and the author of "Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol," This piece was published in the Conversation. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that ...
Mintpress News (blog)
March 22, 2017
Barbara Lee (D - CA) and Walter Jones (R - NC) are pushing one such bill, aiming to force Congress to debate US involvement in Syria, and to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) to prevent the administration from using it ...
