Floridian Izzy Ezagui, gravely injured in Gaza in 2008, wasn’t going to let the loss of his left arm stop him from heading back to combat duty JERUSALEM (JTA) — The hardest part was loading the assault rifle. That’s not because he was a newbie, unaccustomed to the workings of a Tavor rifle. Rather, 1st…
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USMC Ingenuity At It’s Best: The Ribbon Bridge
Much of the equipment the United States has given to the Iraqi army has ended up in the hands of the Islamic State. But now, with Iraqi troops fighting to take back Ramadi from the terror group, there’s finally a feel-good story about American-provided military supplies, and it involves a floating bridge. On Tuesday, Army…
The Sixth Dimension: DOD Could declare the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum (EMS) a Domain of Warfare
The Defense Department’s recent emphasis on the importance of the electromagnetic spectrum could be coming to a head, as the department is considering recognizing the spectrum as a sixth domain of operations, in addition to land, air, sea, space and cyberspace, which officially was declared a domain in 2011. In a statement to Breaking Defense, DOD…
A Glimpse into the Future of Electromaganetic Spectrum Weapons
The electromagnetic spectrum is where the wars of the future will be won or lost. Here’s a brief glimpse of what those battles will look like. In conflict zones from Europe to the Middle East, the electromagnetic spectrum has assumed a central place on the modern battlefield. In eastern Ukraine, Russian-backed forces have used sophisticated…
74 Years Ago Today: Attack on Pearl Harbor Remembered
At five minutes to eight o’clock, on a Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, in Hawaii, Japanese planes attacked the United States military base at Pearl Harbor. An hour later, a second wave of Japanese planes continued the attack. By 9:45 a.m. (local Hawaii time), the attack was finished, with all but 29 Japanese planes…
1,000 Strangers attend Funeral of Marine Vet with No Family
Marine veteran Billy Aldridge had no next of kin when he died, but that didn’t stop his community from coming to pay their respects. On Nov. 17, a Marine veteran received a solemn and dignified funeral as 1,000 strangers made their way past his casket, one by one, to pay their respects. Just one month…
How Active Camouflage will Make Small Drones Invisible
British company Plextek Consulting wants to make drones impossible for their targets to spot. And rather than having to choose between camouflage patterns optimized for rocky desert terrain or for dense vegetation, they have developed electronic panels to cover a vehicle with adaptive camouflage that could display different patterns at the flick of a switch….
Got Your 6 Host Inspiring Veteran Storytellers
As you all well know, I am a huge supporter and promoter of programs and charities that support and enable veterans to rehabilitate not only physically, but emotionally as well. Got Your 6 is an awesome Non-Profit campaign that helps bridge the divide between returning vets and their communities. Please visit their website and support them…
Espionage Files: Navy Engineer Sentenced for Attempted Espionage
In the fall of 2014, civilian engineer Mostafa Ahmed Awwad provided schematics of the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear aircraft carrier—the USS Gerald R. Ford—to an individual he thought was an Egyptian intelligence officer. At the time, Awwad was an employee of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, and had access to naval nuclear…
Black Hawk Tragedy: Orders Were Ignored and 11 Men Died
INSIDE ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING MILITARY TRAINING MISSIONS IN RECENT MEMORY By Kevin Lilley Seconds after his Black Hawk helicopter took off for a March 10 training mission — filled with seven Marine special operators and three fellow Louisiana Army National Guardsmen — the pilot remarked: “Gee, it’s dark as [expletive].” Less than five…