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Resolution Urges Renaming Base for Edward S. Bragg, Wisconsin Hero MADISON, Wis. – A resolution circulated in the Wisconsin State Senate today by Sen. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) urges a federal commission to rename Fort Bragg, a U.S. military base in North Carolina—to Fort Bragg. Fort Bragg is currently named after a Confederate general, Braxton Bragg. Instead, the resolution proposes changing the man the base honors to his cousin, Union General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg of Wisconsin. Whi...

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In early 2021 US SOCOM (Special Operations Command) ordered $26 million worth of Switchblade 600 loitering munitions That’s over a hundred Switchblade 600s, which will be delivered to the US Navy SEALs by 2022 for use from the special boats th

U.S. Special Ops Forces Getting Lightweight, More Lethal .338 NM Ammunition

Cruz's disparaging remarks of the U.S. military, while retweeting Russian propaganda, did not go over well with Twitter.

defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - Paramount Bronco II (Ahrlac). The United States has selected the Bronco II (Ahrlac) multi-role aircraft to take part in the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch flight demonstration along with the Textron Aviation Defence AT-6E Wolverine, L3 AT-802U Sky Warden, MAG Aerospace MC-208 Guardian and Sierra Nevada Corporation M28/C-145 Wily Coyote. On 14 May SOCOM announced that it had awarded five fixed-price prototype project other transaction agree...

By   Paul McLeary on May 20, 2021 at 11:31 AM A Special Forces soldier relays information to his chain of command via radio during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan. WASHINGTON: After spending the past two decades kicking in doors and hunting insurgent targets in the Middle East, special operations leaders are looking to the digital domain as the key to their future. “The future will be won by those who dominate the full digital spectrum,”  Lt. Gen. Francis Beaudette, comman...

Over the years, the Nigerian Air Force has grown into a formidable force within the West African sub-region. Therefore, as the aerial force recently clocked 57, it underscored how far the service has gone in enhancing its airpower capabilities in response to contemporary national security challenges, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports Since time immemorial, air power has been a critical factor in determining the outcome of any war. Essentially, for an efficient, effective and functional air force, capaci...

Share this article Share this article DALLAS, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) was awarded a new contract to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District Military Design and Construction (MILCON) Program. This is an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) and supports task orders primarily involved in the design of facilities and infrastructure for construction at U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Special Operations ...

Benghazi changed my life. Glen was my closest friend in the world. We’d been SEAL Team Three teammates, and we’d gone through Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) sniper school together as shooting partners, three months that forged a lifelong bond. My kids knew him as Uncle Glen. Losing him hurt worse than I had known anything could hurt. It also upped my own sense of commitment, to do my best to live up to the standard Glen set — not just as a SEAL, but as a human being. Benghazi not only chang...