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In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval…
The Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed the non-hostile death of a U.S. Army officer who was supporting ongoing operations in Iran. A defense official reportedly told Task & Purpose that the female soldier died after suffering a medical incident on a military flight en route to Saudi Arabia on…
Amazon Web Services has become the first cloud provider cleared to handle sensitive information for all NATO members, underscoring that an increasingly independent Europe still relies on capabilities made in America, and suggesting that it’s not as hard for U.S. firms to compete there as the White House insists.The company…
The United States plans to open two military bases in Greenland as part of a broader deal the two countries will sign on Tuesday, according to a report. The U.S. will open the bases in Narsarsuaq, an area with a very small population, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used…
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The Soviet soldiers never saw him. Their artillery failed to kill him. Entire units refused to advance because of his skills. Simo Häyhä killed more enemy combatants than any sniper in recorded military history, and he did it without the telescopic sights that other marksmen considered essential.Over 500 confirmed kills.…
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Cameron West had always wanted to join the military. After all, the Acworth, Georgia, native had grown up around military life, having two grandfathers with service backgrounds. West enrolled in the ROTC program at the University of North Georgia, setting him up for a stint in the Marine Corps where he…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared himself Venezuela’s new leader on Sunday evening, two days after the Defense Department announced it had seized the fifth tanker of alleged Venezuelan crude oil since December. In a social media post, Trump referred to himself as “acting president” of the South American nation, using…
The $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by Congress includes a “non-traditional” provision warned by analysts to benefit the United States’ biggest defense contractors.Section 821 of the NDAA stipulates that companies already with billions of dollars’ worth in Pentagon contracts can maintain non-traditional status by keeping research and…
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We examine six well-known helicopter movie scenes and grade them for realism.Hollywood loves a helicopter rescue: rotors thumping, a swimmer on the hoist, the ocean trying to swallow the whole frame. Real Coast Guard aviation has the same ingredients, just with fewer speeches and a lot more checklists.To see what movies…
Viridian Weapon Technologies has just unveiled its new Venta Green Dot reflex sight, meant for long guns. The new Viridian Venta Green Dot reflex sight is an unmagnified optic with a 22 mm objective lens that runs off a single CR2032 battery and provides an estimated 30,000 hours runtime. Its…
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