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18 U.S. service members attached to Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducted the second iteration of overwater survival training at Puerto Castilla and Trujillo Bay, Honduras, from April 16-23, 2021. The training exercise consisted of a safe and deliberate approach to getting service members confident in their abilities to respond in the event of an overwater emergency, such as a downed aircraft or a recovery mission in open water. “Everyone started out with the basic techniques which allowed us to roll right into real iterations - more than we have ...

COVID-19 incidence and positive test rates in El Paso County are climbing despite reaching vaccination milestones, health officials cautioned Thursday. The percentage of positive results among those tested, which hovered between 5% and 6% for weeks, is now at nearly 7% -- the highest it has been since late January, the health department reported Thursday. A rate of 5% or less is the recommended level for opening communities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  “Our metrics are trending in the wrong direction right now, moving us further away from Level Blue,” Fa...

For over a decade, the North-eastern region of Nigeria has been ravaged by insecurity, as the militant group Boko Haram has destabilised border communities. The damage ranges from loss of life to destruction of property and farmlands. We analysed the efforts of various state and non-state actors (both local and international) to address these security challenges, and found evidence of uncoordinated actions between government agencies and other stakeholders. This has forced international actors to withdraw their troops and support from the fight against Boko Haram, leaving the border communit...

home > archive > 2021 > this article Loading By Mark Alexander web posted March 15, 2021 Since the January Capitol mini-riot, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have delivered stellar political performances, even imposing a military occupation of our nation's capital and surrounding the Capitol building with high-security checkpoints through fences topped with concertina wire. Frankly, architect William Thornton's beautiful 19th-century neoclassic masterpiece now looks more like a maximum security prison — and given the felonious behavior of many leftist politico...

“Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.” —George Washington (1786) Since the January Capitol mini-riot, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have delivered stellar political performances, even imposing a military occupation of our nation’s capital and surrounding the Capitol building with high-security checkpoints through fences topped with concertina wire. Frankly, architect William Thornton’s beautiful 19th-century neoclassic masterpiece now looks more like a maximum security p...