Tag: Military

According to a watchdog group, the Chinese will be testing a space weapon during their moon launch this week, reports the Associated Press: A Chinese submarine will send test …

After The New Republic published purported "Iraq diaries" by an active-duty deployed soldier, Scott Beauchamp, which swiftly proved implausible and unverifiable, they promised a swift investigation into the matter. …

In the wake of the Israeli air strike near Dayr az-Zawr in Syria, the one thing most universally noted by observers was the silence from Israeli, American, and other …

No, it's not a "B" horror flick from the '50s - it's what Democratic members of Congress are saying about their recent trip to Iraq, as reported by Jonathan …

The only officer convicted of charges in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal has received the minimum penalty from a military jury, a reprimand, reports David Dishneau for The Washington …

Angered about the ballistic missile defense system the US is building in Eastern Europe, Vladimir Putin promised to "do something." Oleg Shchedrov of Reuters reports: President Vladimir Putin on …

MilBlogger Paul Berkley (aka Legibletrout) was murdered on Sunday. He was home on leave from Navy Fifth Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain, when he and his 26-year-old wife Monique were …

A recently got an e-mail asking me where I stand in the latest dispute between Kevin and Laurence Simon. Laurence is a bit miffed at Kevin, and is making …

Robert Novak, apparently taking a break from playing politics with the CIA, is reporting on a fight on Capitol Hill between the Marine Corps and the Navy. The Navywants …

James Taranto leads off yesterday's Best Of The Web with this e-mail from a captain in the U.S. Army. I just got back from my third deployment from Iraq …