Tag: Army

Biden must not abandon Afghan interpreters

Beth Bailey · May 10, 2021 12:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

A tale of two Taliban captives

Jamie McIntyre · May 7, 2021 3:00 am

Army practices long-range artillery near Russia with eyes on China

Abraham Mahshie · May 7, 2021 12:00 am

Armed US Army trainee hijacked school bus with children

Haley Victory Smith, Kaelan Deese · May 6, 2021 12:00 am

In this Aug. 24, 2015 picture, provided by U.S Airforce Ramstein, Oregon National Guardsman Aleksander Skarlatos, right, meets Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander, as he arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (Staff Sgt. Sara Keller/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Veteran who thwarted Paris train attack announces run to unseat Democratic congressman

Lawrence Richard · May 2, 2021 11:26 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

A salute to Old Man Rivers

Trent Reedy · April 30, 2021 3:00 am

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conduct weapons qualification as part of a modernization effort of the enhanced night vision goggles-binoculars and the family of weapon sights-individuals thermal sensors at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on November 5, 2020.

National Security

Army’s new night vision goggles give soldiers firepower in smoke, dust, and dark

Abraham Mahshie · April 29, 2021 8:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s sort-of Ukraine military withdrawal

Tom Rogan · April 22, 2021 6:10 pm

U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg in North Carolina, reach the ground after jumping from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft during a 'Saber Strike 2018' military exercises at the Gaiziunai Training Area, some 130 kms (80 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, June 9, 2018. A major U.S.-led military exercise with 18,000 soldiers from 19 primarily NATO countries is taking place in the alliance's eastern flank involving Poland and the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Fort Bragg paratrooper who died during static-line jump identified

Kaelan Deese · April 22, 2021 3:09 pm

A gate dedicated in honor of Vanessa Guillen.

Memorial honoring slain soldier Vanessa Guillen unveiled at Fort Hood

Jeremy Beaman · April 21, 2021 6:39 pm

National Security

DC Guard readied for possible George Floyd trial protests

Abraham Mahshie · April 20, 2021 7:18 pm

Holloman Air Force Base and Fort Bliss, Texas, Airmen take the Oath of Enlistment during U.S. Space Force transfer ceremony, Feb. 12, 2021, on Holloman AFB, New Mexico. A total of 18 Airmen were chosen to transfer over to the U.S. Space Force.

National Security

Space Force is suddenly the go-to armed service

Abraham Mahshie · April 20, 2021 11:00 am