As U.S. Special Forces recently turned 67 years old, it is interesting to take a look back at this public service announcement from the 1960s about the legendary Green Berets. Check out the video to learn more, but you may also enjoy this interview I did with Sergeant Major … [Read more...]
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Gear in the Wild: Nothing like camping with your buddies (or working all night in an exercise)
U.S. Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team conduct a night live-fire iteration of a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise during Exercise Decisive Strike 2019 at the Training Support Centre, Krivolak, North Macedonia, June 11, … [Read more...]
Gear in the Wild: Every party needs a smoke machine
U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, run during a simulated chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear attack for the Command Sponsored Corporals Course (CSCC), at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 19, 2019. The CSCC was … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday to the greatest nation on Earth
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron sits on display during the 4th of July Liberty Festival at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 4, 2018. More than 4,500 service members and their families attended the festival to enjoy food, entertainment and a fireworks … [Read more...]
Gear in the Wild: The Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle is one mean piece of kit
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, rehearse firing a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle during the blank iteration of a combined arms live fire excercise in support of Swift Response 19 in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, June 24, … [Read more...]
Gear in the Wild: Getting all dressed up to go for a ride
A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescue swimmer hangs of the side of an MH-65 Dolphin off the coast of Tybee Island Coast Guard Station, Georgia, June 21. 2019. The rescue swimmer aided pilots from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, during a search-and-recovery exercise with the … [Read more...]
Op-Ed: Say it ain’t so, Joe—the Army unveils another unnecessary badge
On Friday, June 14—coincidentally the Army's 224th birthday—the Army unveiled its newest and most unnecessary badge: the Expert Soldier Badge. If you read this and are rolling your eyes, trust me, you are not alone. According to a press release, the Expert Soldier Badge will … [Read more...]
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