The Navy will commission its newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Indiana (SSN 789), during a 10 a.m. (EDT) ceremony Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Navy Port at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Port Canaveral, Florida. The principal speaker will be U.S. Representative Jim Banks from Indiana. Diane Donald, wife of retired Adm. …
USMC F-35B Conducts First Combat Strike in CENTCOM AOR The Marine Corps F-35B, Lightning II, conducted its first combat strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan, Sept. 27. During this mission, the F-35B conducted an air strike in support of ground clearance operations, and the …
EXCERPT FROM: 100 DEADLY SKILLS: SURVIVAL EDITION BY CLINT EMERSON Skill 55 — Video Anton Koen Often the province of desperate individuals on the run, carjackings can also be a starting point for express kidnappings (see page 164), a form of temporary abduction in which the perpetrator may force you to drive from ATM to …
Army announces conversion of two brigade combat teams Stryker Brigade Converts to Armored Brigade: Infantry Brigade Converts to Stryker Brigade 20 Sept, the U.S. Army announced that the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division (1/1 AD) stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, will convert from a Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) to an …
New York Guard Soldiers ‘broke’ Hindenburg Line 100 years ago By Eric Durr, New York National Guard On Sept. 29, 1918, the New York National Guard Soldiers of the Army’s 27th Infantry division fought their way into the defensive works known as the Hindenburg Line. The attack did not go smoothly and casualties were high. …
Mercedes-Benz unveils G-Wagon MRV 6.2 multirole vehicle Jane’s by IHS Markit Shaun Connors, Jane’s talks to Mercedes-Benz about their G-Class based MRV 6.2 multirole vehicle. According to Mercedes-Benz, the MRV 6.2 is now production-ready. The MRV 6.2 continues to be based on G-Class 461 series serial components, including the 3.428 m ladder frame chassis-cab chassis, …
