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How saving soldiers’ lives influenced the Army’s new kit options
From bomb suits to parachutes, body armor and helmets, this gear protects soldiers.
By Todd South
More than 100 buildings to be evacuated on Okinawa’s Camp Kinser to remove 500 pound WWII bomb
During a construction project the base found an unexploded 500 pound bomb that had been dropped on the island during World War II.
By Philip Athey
Court rules vets exposed to radiation from 1966 nuke disaster can sue for benefits
The government said the plaintiff's radiation exposure was not enough to cause the illnesses he has since suffered.
The corrosive impact of torture on the rule of law
Torture erodes the rule of law as it burns away the protections we treat as sacrosanct in our American system of justice, says the author of this commentary.
By Brig. Gen. John G. Baker
5 Italian troops wounded by roadside explosion in Iraq
A roadside blast wounded five Italian military members Sunday in northern Iraq as they returned from a mission aimed at helping Iraqi troops combat the Islamic State group, Italian military officials said.
Stronger, 15% lighter bomb suit coming to explosive ordnance disposal Marines in 2020
The EOD Advanced Bomb Suit is designed to protect Marines from blast “overpressure, shrapnel, heat and impacts."
By Philip Athey
Fort Riley soldier’s trial for bomb plot delayed
A federal judge in Kansas has delayed the trial of an Army infantry soldier who prosecutors say is a Satanist hoping to overthrow the U.S. government and distributed information about building bombs.
Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis
What initially began as a sit-in devolved into 444 days of captivity for 52 Americans seized in the embassy.
Navy commissions newest warship
Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Navy veteran, noted the Freedom-class warship was made with Indiana steel.
‘It feels normal’ — nearly 2 years after penis transplant, veteran maimed by IED feels whole
“It was one of the best decisions I ever made.”
By J.D. Simkins
This is what the CIA warriors carried into Afghanistan in the days after 9/11
As part of its 9/11 commemorations, the CIA’s official Twitter account posted a series of images from just days before it launched its operation into Afghanistan, including a rarely-seen picture of some of its SOG operatives.
By Ian D'Costa