A few weeks ago, I reacted to a story that’s been going around for years: that the launch code for the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force was set to “00000000″ until 1977.
He choked on his words as he described the helplessness and desperation. There was nothing he could do. His newborn son, born with unexplainable birth defects was fighting for his life, and the doctors could not explain the cause.
Two US Air Force officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles are under investigation for possessing illegal drugs, officials said Thursday, in the latest setback for the country’s nuclear force. The two officers, assigned to Malmstrom Air Force
The U.S. Army is sending roughly 19,000 active-duty captains and majors to a screening board for early separation this spring, the Army Times reported. Up to 20 percent of those screened — approximately 3,800 officers — could be scheduled to leave th
I searched high and low for info on this when I saw five UNLIT helicopters being followed by one with it's running lights on going from the National Guard Base just East of me towards downtown.
An active-duty Marine shot dead two fellow service members at a base at Quantico, Virginia, then barricaded himself in a building and killed himself, prompting a brief lockdown of the base, the Marines said on Friday.
As the media and other voices of the state continue to twist Armistice Day into another War-Lovers holiday, I am reminded of a genuine hero from World War I. A man, Howard Moore, who had been ordered to report for military service in that war.
"...Congress and the Pentagon are moving to implement policies that will discourage at-risk members of the armed forces from retaining their personal weapons."
We received a phone call Thursday afternoon from a "15-year veteran" of the Army infantry and "close friend" to Ted Daniels, the actual soldier in the helmet-cam video that's gone viral achieving more than 21 million YouTube hits.
Strange things have inspired designers of military weapons in the past. Some weapons engineers created new systems based on dreams, others by taking off-the-shelf technology and weaponizing it. Some even set off on a bizarre odyssey to weaponize the