BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship that Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy. The body of 78-year-old monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa was carried on a vehicle […]
The British Army’s “embarrassingly” small tank fleet would be wiped out in two weeks in a war with Russia, a former senior officer has warned. Lt Col Stuart Crawford, who served in the Royal Tank Regiment, also claimed that the parlous state of the Armed Forces meant that it was no longer regarded as a […]
May 1 once marked the date the Salvation Army in Bremerton would close its overnight winter shelter. This year, the date serves as a reminder of the one-year timeline homeless service providers in Bremerton currently have to create a long-term shelter for the city’s homeless population. The Salvation Army, which a year ago closed its […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army’s new team designed to allow the service to see deeply into a battlespace will initially work toward creating an architecture of sensors as well as processing and disseminating the enormous amount of data collected from those sensors, according to Army Futures Command leader Gen. James Rainey. The All-Domain Sensing […]
Budget documents released in March show that the Army’s ambitious plans to double the range of its M109 Paladin armored howitzer artillery have ignominiously bit the dust, despite delivery of functioning prototypes that fired test shots at targets out to 61 miles away. The prototype M1299 Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) sported a longer 58 […]
The U.S. Army has unveiled a whitepaper detailing how the service plans to shrink the force in some places and grow it in other areas. The document’s release on Tuesday comes as the Army continues transitioning from counterinsurgency missions to large-scale combat operations against technologically advanced adversaries, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth explained at a Feb. […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – For decades, Army Emergency Relief has been there like a rock, helping soldiers and families get through times of trouble. Army Emergency Relief, founded in 1942, serves as the Army’s official nonprofit and helps soldiers, retired soldiers and Army families get through emergencies with grants, interest-free loans and scholarships. “I […]
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has held the first working meeting with Oleksandr Syrskyi, the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to discuss the army’s detailed action plan for 2024. Source: Ukrainian MoD’s press service Quote: “A critical issue is establishing a logistics system and timely meeting the army’s needs. The focus is […]
It is sometime in the future and the U.S. is at war. The 82nd Airborne Division has been ordered to conduct a Joint Forcible Entry in enemy territory. After the paratroopers seize an airfield and secure its perimeter, the call goes out for the next stage of the operation, and combat-ready armor support commanded by […]
Think you’ve got the grit to make it through the Army’s notoriously hellish Ranger School? The Air Force wants to help you prepare. The service is seeking airmen and Space Force guardians for its next Ranger Assessment Course, scheduled to run this spring at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. The 19-day preparatory class echoes […]
The Army’s effort to give individual soldiers an augmented reality device that aims to improve shooting, navigation and use soldier-built applications for a host of tasks hits final testing phases in 2024. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS, is a helmet-mounted combined night vision/thermal augmented reality and situational awareness tool the service is funding […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Anger spread in some remote parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after three civilians died while in the army’s custody, officials and residents said Saturday. This comes two days after a militant ambush killed four soldiers. Locals said the Indian army detained at least eight civilians on Friday for questioning, a day after […]