An "Operation" is a series of connected military actions occupying a specific area and time and may involve many clashes with the enemy. An "Engagement" is an action with the enemy taking place within a restricted time and area, and of sufficient intensity and significance to justify recognitio...
The Navy Retirement, Separation, and Transition Resource Guide was written to help you prepare to leave the military. This guide provides a checklist/timeline and information about organizations/resources, DoD SkillBridge, Separation Physical, VA Disa
The military is “just now starting to grapple with lasers as a reality,” so it will take time for that energy technology to go from the lab to civilian uses, Perry says. The military’s interest in laser weapons dates back decades, but perhaps the most well-known involves the Strategic...
Before the 1967 Law of Universal Military Service reduced the length of time served in all Soviet land forces from three to two years, there had been an intermediate group in their second year of military service. This group of course is still present in the Navy where sailors have the thre...