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While I am not an authority on women’s watches in particular, I am familiar with a quality watch when I see it. And after having done plenty of men’s watch reviews I thought it was time to review one for our female readers. The Sea Pearl from Resco Instruments starts at $735 (shipping and taxes […]
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY, UNITED STATES New York Air National Guard Pararescue Jumpers and Combat Rescue Officers with the 106th Rescue Wing’s 103rd Rescue Squadron conduct medical refresher training at FS Gabreski ANG on February 27th, 2014. The training involved PJ’s and CRO’s rotating through various lanes where injuries replicated the types of wounds often seen […]
ST. ARNAUD, NEW ZEALAND U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Noah Ryan, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, provides security while participating in an extraction mission during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 26, 2017. The U.S. Marines and some New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) members […]
I’ve worn the Casio DW-6900 watch for many, many years. I first bought the watch during my enlistment in the Marine Corps back in the mid-1990’s at the PX on Camp Lejeune. The watch has been through more field exercises than I can remember and several deployments. The only thing I ever had to do […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, UNITED STATES An East-Coast based U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) cuts a hole in a steel door using a exothermic torch during breacher training on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 16. Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct missions from […]
Clint Emerson, a former Navy SEAL, has written a second book titled “100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition.” Here is an excerpt that focuses on fortifying your house. How To Fortify Your Home Security (#45) Most homeowners think of home security as a simple checklist. Install decent locks, consider an alarm system, make sure window locks […]
JOHNSTON, IA, UNITED STATES Billed as “50 teams, 50 hours, 50 miles,” the U.S. Army’s 11th annual Best Sapper Competition tests combat engineers in a variety of technical and physical challenges April 25-27 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Here competitors, including Team 35 from the Iowa Army National Guard, prepare to carry a 350-pound Zodiac […]
CZECH REPUBLIC A Sky Soldier from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade assembles his gear and stows his parachute during a joint airborne operation and airfield seizure with the Czech Republic Army during a joint field exercise as a part of Exercise Saber Junction 17 in Mimon, Czech Republic April 17, […]
What do you think of when you think of war music? Maybe you think of the civil war style snare drum with an accompanying trumpet, maybe you think of an orchestra of brass and strings that could be put to a war movie about brave soldiers in harrowing circumstances — there’s a good chance you think of […]
FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES Staff Sgt. Scott LaForest, standing, reviews using a thermal scope with soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, during squad designated marksmanship training at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 15. The 2/504th PIR, preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, received training from members of the Army […]
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