That will be one very pointed way of considering whether the lessons of US operations in Iraq have been learned. With the symbolic handover of Iraq to Iraqis this week, that examination of US military doctrine and tactics there officially begins.But like Vietnam and World War II, such ...
Protecting military personnel and civilians from a detected IED Training soldiers to be keen observers in combat operations is important. For example, a U.S. Marine spotter near Habbaniyah, Iraq, noticed a man who was videotaping a nearby patrol of assault vehicles. The man had a high-powered...
THE IRAQ CONFLICT: FROM MAINE TO THE MIDDLE EAST How Was Has Changed Us Military spouses also make sacrificesDIANA BOWLEYOF THE NEWS STAFF
His hands were crushed and his left eye was gone. Glass is just one of tens of thousands of American G.I.'s who have come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This week marks the fifth year that U.S. military forces have been in Iraq, and doctors ...
During the 1991 Gulf war, allied forces knew of several underground military bunkers in Iraq that were so well reinforced and so deeply buried that they were out of reach of existing munitions. The U.S. Air Force started an intense research and development process to create a new bunker-bust...
The National SAR School for the U.S. Military is located at the Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Va. Jointly operated by the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard, its motto says it all: "Always Ready, That Others May Live." The school started with a scant $15,000 ...
Interview: Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses how military operations in Iraq will be affected by the June 30th transfer of powerInterview: Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt discusses how military operations in Iraq will be affected by the June 30th transfer of powerSTEVE INSKEEP...
BRITAIN’S ARMED forces have much to be proud of. The Royal Navy is engaged in some of the most intense naval skirmishing since the Falklands war, knocking Houthi missiles out of the sky above the Red Sea. The Royal Air Force (RAF) is still flying over Iraq and Syria to keep Islamic...
Certain military occupations required veterans to handle asbestos products, including shipbuilding, vehicle repair and maintenance jobs. The VA notes that veterans who served in Iraq, and other countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia may have been exposed to asbestos in damaged older buildings...
Bernhardt Otto Holtermann was a gold prospector and businessman who fled Germany and relocated to Australia to avoid being drafted by the military. He was quite unsuccessful at digging gold until one day, he hit a 1,000-pound piece of gold. Above, you can see a famous p...