The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) teams conducts enhanced counter narcotics operations, May 2. The Lassen and the embarked LEDET recovered a total of 65 packages of marijuana, totaling more than 3,500 pounds. Lassen is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command …
Iran Warns U.S. Of ‘Firm Response’ Over Interference Against Venezuela-Bound Fuel Tankers RFE avad Zarif @JZarif In Moscow with Russian & Turkish FMs t Iran has warned the United States against conducting “piracy” in the Caribbean as five Iranian tankers laden with fuel sail toward Venezuela. The tankers’ voyage comes as a senior U.S. official …
Shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola Called ‘Act of Terrorism’Deceased Assailant’s Locked Phones a Hurdle for Investigators FBI Director Christopher Wray’s Remarks at Press Conference Regarding Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting Investigation FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered the following remarks during a virtual press conference with Attorney General William P. Barr at the Department of …
Humphreys introduces ‘Operation Outdoor 007’ By Maria Gallegos Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Headquarters and Headquarters Company participated in the new Operation Outdoor 007 pilot program, May 14. More than 50 Soldiers, including Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA) soldiers, actively participated in an urban land navigation challenge, an Army Combat …
Army General to Co-Lead ‘Operation Warp Speed’ for COVID-19 Vaccine DOD Response MAY 15, 2020 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS President Donald J. Trump today announced that Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, the commander of Army Materiel Command, will co-lead an effort, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, to find a vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021. Gen. …
Top left: Vietnam 1968. SOF publisher Robert K. Brown (RKB) then serving as an S-2 officer with the 1st Infantry Division. SOF archives Robert K. Brown, USAR (Ret.) has lived a life of incredible adventure. He served as a Green Beret in Vietnam, trained troops from other countries and fought communists alongside them in hotspots …
Robert W Lynch Profile Robert W. Lynch was a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 111F Squadron. In early June 1942, the Canadians were sent north to aid the American Army Air Corp (AAC) following the bombing of Dutch Harbor, Alaska and the Japanese invasion of Kiska and Attu in early June …
The Battle of Attu: Modern armies had never fought before on any field that was like the Aleutians…. We would have to learn as we went along, how to live and fight and win in this new land, the least-known part of our America. Cpl. Dashiell Hammett, author of the Maltese Falcon The Invasion From …
