Snipers train to become expert marksman with a deeply ingrained understanding of the principles of ballistics. MOA (minute of angle) is the unit of measurement that snipers use in school to measure accuracy. The greater the distance the sniper is shooting from, the lower the accuracy, as ...
The preferred weapon of insurgents and terrorists has become an improvised explosive device, or IED. You might call it a homemade bomb or a booby trap. Whatever you call it, an IED is relatively simple to make, easily hidden and very destructive. Soldiers, civilians, as well as ...
Here, word of what had now become a riot was carried as a whisper from person to person. But with each murmer it lost its’ force, until the violent crash of waves against the rocks had diminished to the gentle lap of waves upon a beach. In the English countryside in Autumn, if you...
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The preferred weapon of insurgents and terrorists has become an improvised explosive device, or IED. You might call it a homemade bomb or a booby trap. Whatever you call it, an IED is relatively simple to make, easily hidden and very destructive. Soldiers, civilians, as well as ...
Promptly after that conversation Chris started a training regime that taught them everything they needed to know about asymmetric warfare, Navy Seal style of course. After he completed his training regime, his vision was soon to become a reality. He proceeded to build teams who now possessed ...
There’s a different version of my life — one that seems much more likely — where I become a sailor in the Turkish military. That’s the path I was on for a long time, and it’s a very respectable one. A ton of my friends are still in marine school, but in my heart, I alw...
Darfur, a region of Sudan, has become a prominent modern example of violence against civilians in wartime, with thousands enslaved and hundreds of thousands killed or forced to flee their homes [source: BBC News]. War and violence against civilians are inseparable. To exclude the atrocities ...
In the essay, “How to Tell a True War Story,” Tim O’Brien tells several stories of war to illustrate to his readers the criteria for truth in storytelling...
He drew fire from critics who argued he should never have become so high-profile, and he enraged Trump for opposing some of the president’s plans. But among the troops, he was their Milley. “It was pretty incredible meeting him. He’s been a huge influence,” said Sgt. Muniz, a...