Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded when the army vehicle they were traveling in struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the NATO press office said in a statement. RFE REPORTS The Taliban claimed responsibility for the January 11 attack, saying it occurred in the southern Kandahar Province, where U.S. and Romanian forces are …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has admitted it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian jetliner earlier this week. VOA News The Guard’s aerospace commander said on state television Saturday, “I take full responsibility and I will obey whatever decision is taken.” He said he “wished” he “were dead” when he learned about the fate of the aircraft. Earlier …
USS Alaska (CB-1) Signalmen taking a visual message on the signal bridge, circa February 1945. Signalman Third Class Teddy Chalupski is writing the message while SM3/c Floyd H. Scharp reads it with the telescope. Note Scharp’s Equator crossing tattoo. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Ink to the Past: …
Interaction Between USS Farragut and Russian Navy Ship The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) departs Naval Station Mayport. Farragut is among ships and units from the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group that formed a Surface Action Group (SAG) and are deploying from their East Coast homeports of Norfolk, Va. and Mayport, …
Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded onto aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The ‘Devil’ Brigade is the nucleus …
Col. Steven M. Marks, deputy commander, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) awards a Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in recognition of valorous acts during the Battalion’s recent deployment in support of Operation Resolute Support.. (Photo by Spc.Vargas, Jose) Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), were honored in …
