Believe it or not, the United States has had military personnel in Kosovo for longer than it has in Iraq or Afghanistan. It’s part of the NATO KFor (Kosovo Force) mission, which began in June 1999.
Currently there are ‘Task Force Valkyrie’ National Guard units from Connecticut and Vermont in Kosovo, but since July they’ve […] Continue Reading…
On 24AUG2021, eighty Washington National Guard personnel were issued wild-land fire fighting gear. They are deploying to assist the Washington State Department of Natural Resources fight the more than 45-thousand acre Summit Trail Fire near Inchelium.
Washington National Guard video by Peter Chang, with interview at the end:
Lightning started the fire on […] Continue Reading…
With all the news media hype about Afghans ‘acquiring’ U.S. made M4s (the latest version of the old M16), where’s the hub-bub about the latest undisclosed amount of M4s openly given away by U.S. forces in Iraq?
USA photo by Specialist […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Army (USA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (DevCom) issued an update on its efforts to create robot combat tanks, revealing that the numbers of robot tanks being tested has tripled.
Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light (RCV-L), Michigan Army National Guard photo by Bruce Huffman.USA video report by Douglas Halleaux, update on testing at […] Continue Reading…
In August 2019, the United States agreed to have two Israeli Missile Defense Organization ‘Iron Dome’ systems deployed within the U.S.
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) missile carrier/launcher. U.S. Army photo by Darrell Ames, 15JUN2021.In August 2020 the Iron Dome […] Continue Reading…
Despite having a high rate of pandemic vaccinations, the U.S. state of Oregon has deployed its National Guard, the governor admitting that vaccines don’t work against Delta: “I know this is not the summer many of us envisioned with over 2.5-million Oregonians vaccinated against Covid-19. The harsh and frustrating reality is that the Delta […] Continue Reading…
“Our joint forces go where FEMA needs us, and where the Department of Defense orders us to go. This is a whole-of-government response, and right now FEMA has determined the military’s unique, surge capabilities are most needed in these two states.”-Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army North
Last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency […] Continue Reading…
“Idaho National Lab has access to training aids for radiological scenarios, safety staff and training facilities for the scenarios we presented to the students. We worked in radiologically contaminated environments and in high radiation fields.”-Captain Daniel W. Arguello, 1st Area Medical Laboratory, 44th Medical Brigade, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command, U.S. […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Marines on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, pile onto trucks for deployment to Haiti, 18AUG2021.
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) video by Petty Officer Third Class Erik Villa Rodriguez, 18AUG2021:
On 14AUG2021, Haiti suffered two quakes, one of which was more than […] Continue Reading…
“The fire was moving at 20-25 mph; the fire traveled a mile and a half in 20 minutes to jump into ‘our’ property. With the pasture field grass that we have out here, that’s how fast it can move. The fire was eating up ground, all we can do was carrel it and defend […] Continue Reading…