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May 7, 2019

Don Brown: President Trump, please free Army Lt. Clint Lorance, unjustly convicted of murder in Afghanistan

Army Lt. Clint Lorance was unjustly convicted of murder for acting in self-defense in Afghanistan. President Trump should order him released and restore him to active duty with back pay.

May 6, 2019

Pentagon pursues commercial cloud for mobile devices

If a US Army infantry unit, engaged in massive mechanized warfare, were suddenly ambushed by a large number of enemy fighters attacking from multiple angles -- location information or intelligence about air support would hinge almost entirely upon timely access to information.

May 2, 2019

Elite drone and attack helicopter task force still hunts Taliban in Afghanistan

Attack drones, fixed-wing surveillance aircraft and Apache helicopters continue to patrol the Afghanistan skies to find and destroy enemy targets and weapons in the austere, mountainous terrain of a war-weary country still immersed in more than 15-years of combat.

April 25, 2019

Bronze Star recipient killed helping stranded motorist change tire in Virginia

An Army colonel and Bronze Star recipient who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan died for injuries sustained while helping a stranded motorist in Virginia last week, a report said.

April 22, 2019

Army and Air Force draft new combined 'war attack plan'

The Army and the Air Force are crafting a new combined air-ground combat attack strategy to improve warfare networks, perform long-range sensing of targets, strike enemies more effectively and strengthen defenses across multiple domains in real-time.

April 12, 2019

New next-gen Army 50mm cannon destroys targets in live-fire demo

As a small ball of fire shot out of the end of a new 50mm cannon, a cloud of smoke filled the air and, in what seemed like less than one second, an explosion of smoke and fire destroyed a mock enemy target from hundreds of yards away -- on the other side of an Arizona desert valley.

April 10, 2019

What happened when I fired my first 'sniper shot'

My shoulder was pressed firmly against the end or “stock” of the rifle, my index finger extended horizontally just above the trigger as I lay flat on the ground and tried to align my right eye directly through the targeting sight -- all as I for the very first time, tried to fire a US military M107A1 sniper rifle at a small target roughly 200 yards away.

April 5, 2019

Trump administration cracks down on International Criminal Court, revokes top prosecutor's visa

The Unites States revoked the visa of an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Friday as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rebuke the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

April 3, 2019

Russian spy plane flies over Area 51 and other secret military bases, report says

A Russian surveillance plane recently flew over several American military bases, including Area 51, perhaps America's most secretive military site.

April 2, 2019

Pentagon seeks drone-fired lasers to destroy nuclear-armed missiles

The Missile Defense Agency is engineering air-launched, high-powered, long-range laser weapons to destroy attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles during launch and even as they travel through space -- bringing new levels of offensive and defensive layered firepower to existing missile defense technologies.