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Sometimes, retirement isn’t permanent. Heres What You Need to Remember: In fact, the U.S. Air Force did eventually buy a propeller-driven counterinsurgency plane. Brazils A-29 Tucano was selected in 2011 for the new Light Air Support contract. There are twenty aircraft on order. The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II. Had life worked out differently, the Mustang could also have fought in Vietnam and flown against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. ...

How Special Ops Became the Solution to Everything They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsthand. One of my early books,  Black Hawk Down, was about a disastrou...

What we owe foreign-born recruits Ankit Gajurel March 12 A soldier holds an American flag prior to the start of an oath of citizenship ceremony in the General George Patton Museums Abrams Auditorium at Fort Knox, Ky., Sept. 19, 2018. (DoD) In May 2016, I signed an eight-year contract with the U.S. Army Reserves. A native of Nepal, I’d recently received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. But even with my in-demand ST...

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 10, 2021 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin begins his first overseas trip Saturday with visits to key allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific, with meetings planned with counterparts in Japan, South Korea and India, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The choice of Asia for Austin’s inaugural trip underscores the growing importance of the region in both the Pentagon’s strategic planning and America’s economic interdependence with the Pacific. �...

SOCOM Shows Interest in Hybrid, AI-Enabled Vehicles SPECIAL OPERATIONS 3/9/2021 Defense Dept. photo Special Operations Command is experimenting with emerging technologies as it works to bolster its ground vehicle fleet with new capabilities. The command’s family of vehicles — which features 3,000 platforms — includes the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1, light tactical all-terrain vehicles, non-standard commercial vehicles and mine-resistant ambush protecte...

Deploying data scientists alongside special ops troops lets them solve intelligence-sharing problems “in minutes or hours,” said Special Operations Command’s first-ever CTO.

 January 17, 2015: U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) is arming its V-22 tilt-rotor transports with more weapons, all of them forward firing and, along with temporary armor panels, meant to temporarily turn a V-22 into a gunship as needed. Tests are being performed to see if the V-22 can carry and launch guided missiles. SOCOM has already obtained a GAU-2B machine-gun fitted to the bottom of a V-22 as part of the Universal Turret System (UTS) for Helicopt...

<p><img width="350" height="219" src="/media/5855932/usa-soccer_350x219.jpg" alt="USA soccer" class="ImageFloatLeft"/>In one attorney's opinion, everyone in America should be alarmed that a member of USA's soccer team has been thrown off an athlete council for daring to speak out against players kneeling during the national anthem.</p>

Service members aren’t getting the vaccine. That’s a problem, and it’s more complicated than you’d expect.

The Daily Universe Marriott School of Business Special Operations forces carry out training exercises. Two Brigham Young University professors were commissioned to write an ethics guide for Special Operations soldiers to refer to for making quick decisions. (U.S. Department of Defense) Leaders of America’s Special Operations Command commissioned two Brigham Young University professors to write an ethics guide for their soldiers. Marriott School of Business professors Brad Agle and Aaron M...