U.S. Service Member Killed in Afghanistan “24 NOV 2018 KABUL, Afghanistan — One U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan today. In accordance with U.S. Department of Defense policy, the name of the service member killed in action is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete. We will share …
The 2018 Slatten Trials SLATTEN’S THIRD TRIAL UNDERWAY From Free Raven 23 Raven 23 team member Nick Slatten’s third trial got underway in late-October and is expected to last through mid-December. For the third time, legal rulings in Nick’s case have him fighting battles that have nothing to do with the charge against him or …
Baghdad Back In The Day I had just cracked open the first beer of the afternoon when I heard the rockets coming in. Wise now to the ways of war I stayed in my lawn chair on the deck of what was once a salt water pool where Saddam Hussein’s sons kept crocodiles that were …
Earning The Kukri: Learning To Use The Iconic Gurkha Weapon | Forces TV May 2018 For the past 11 weeks, Gurkha training riflemen in Catterick have been confined to the barracks (bar for their one culture lesson beyond the wire) but this week the class of 2018 successfully ‘passed off the square’.
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An SAS soldier was in a standoff with IS fighters after they ambushed a factory in Fallujah, the Daily Star reported. He was engaged in a firefight with the IS fighters but ran out of ammunition. He had a kukri knife given to him by a British Gurkha soldier according to the report. “As soon …
The following individuals received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump on November 16, 2018: ALAN C. PAGE. Justice Alan Page is an accomplished jurist, athlete, and philanthropist. After a successful college football career at the University of Notre Dame, he played 15 years in the National Football League with the Minnesota Vikings and …
The oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II has died at age 106, Navy Times reported. At 3:45 a.m. Dec. 7, 1941, Seaman 1st Class Chavez’s crew was sweeping the east entrance to the harbor when they spotted the periscope …
Singijon: the origin of the multi-volley rocket: PLUS Some history of defending the northern part of Korea. Official MOD of DPRK Singijon is an arrow with a fire wick invented by the Korean ancestors in the early 15th century, and singijongi is a launcher for firing 100 arrows (singijon) in rapid succession or in volleys. …
