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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was buzzed through an unmarked door into a showroom for the future of surveillance. The space on the other side was dark and sleek, with a look somewhere between an Apple Store and a doomsday bunker. Along one wall, a grid of electronic devices glinted in the moody downlighting—automated license plate readers, Wi-Fi-enabled locks, ...

Camp Simba enriches education for Kenyan students 435th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs February 5, 2021 The structure for the Magogoni Village primary school awaits further funding in order to be completed by volunteers from Camp Simba Charity and military members from Camp Simba Manda Bay in Lamu, Kenya, Dec 1, 2020. Due to an increase in the number of people in the village, Camp Simba Charity decided to embark on the second project to expand the school and complete a much neede...

By Janice Kortkamp for VT Damascus Moscow / Head of the State Sovereignty Defence Committee at the the federation Council of Russia Senator Andrei Klimov reported crimes of the US occupying forces in the Syrian Jazira, saying that the US presence on the Syrian territories are illegal and contrary to international laws and standards. In a press conference held today in Moscow via video conferencing, Klimov said, that the Syrian people have the right to protect their interests and decide their ow...

40 CRETE, Greece – Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater Demolition Team (DYK), Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) joined forces to conduct a maritime exercise in Souda Bay, Greece, January 11-29. The tri-lateral Special Operations Forces (SOF) exercise, which was designed to better enable global operations, included Over the Beach (OTB), Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), and Small Bo...

Salons stolen valor attack on Tom Cotton attack falls flat Joseph Simonson © Provided by Washington Examiner When a staff writer at a left-wing commentary website accused Sen. Tom Cotton of lying about his time in the armed forces, the Republicans fellow Rangers had his back. The effort to insinuate that the Arkansas lawmaker has been stealing valor for nearly a decade rests on the premise that, starting in 2012, during his first congressional campaign, Cotton spoke about his...

Military to Conduct Nighttime Training at Magic Valley Airport TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)-The United States military will be conducting routine night-time realistic training exercises at the Magic Valley Regional Airport until Thursday this week. U.S. Army Special Operations Command announced the training also involves the Mountain Home Air Force Base and Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington from now until February 4 (Thursday). The training will take place at night, use training ammunition an...

      The first heaven is our atmosphere where we live and serve the Lord. It is where the Psalmist says, “the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches” (Psa. 104:12).   The second heaven is the solar system that consists of the sun, moon, stars, and planets (Gen. 1:14-18). Prior to the written revelation of God, the Lord used this realm as a teaching tool. Once again, in the words of the Psalmist, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the f...

Pentagon Begins Independent Inquiry Into Special Ops and War Crimes The Defense Department inspector general will examine whether elite U.S. commando forces are doing enough to comply with the laws of armed conflict and hold violators accountable. Navy SEAL team members in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006. The office of the Defense Department’s inspector general said it was starting an inquiry into whether special operations troops take care to abide by the laws of armed conflict during combat missions....

January 27, 2021 On cue, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has signaled that President Joe Bidens administration is not prepared to seriously confront the complex and immediate threat communist China poses to American security and world peace. Earlier this month, incoming secretary of state Antony Blinken acknowledged communist China presents a formidable problem and added former President Donald Trumps administration "was right in taking a tougher approach to China." The toug...

A recent report on accidents and mishaps in the Air Force reveals some mixed data, while the force looks for whats next with its tanker fleet. Also, updates on PT uniforms and tests, and analysis on whats ahead in counter-drone warfare. All that and more on Defense News Weekly for March 19, 2021. Close