20 Things You Never Knew About America's War Dogs
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollBelieve it or not, dogs have been fighting beside their human counterparts in military conflicts for the better part of the last 3,000 years.
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These PTSD Treatments Most Troops Would Laugh At Might Actually Work Best
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley"Healing touch" therapy combined with "guided imagery" led to a significant reductions in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms among active-duty military in a new study.
The Pokemon Plot: How One Cartoon Inspired the Army to Dream Up a Seizure Gun
• http://www.wired.com, By Spencer AckermanIn 1998, a secret Army intelligence analysis suggested a new way to take out enemies: blast them with electromagnetic energy until their brains overload and they start to convulse. Amazingly, it was an idea inspired by a Pokemon episode.
Fat Troops Are Forcing The Military To Totally Redesign Its Combat Gear
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Allison ChurchillThe Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, in Natick, Mass., revealed today they're in the middle of analyzing data from surveys that measured American troops for uniform size.
Generals: We're Tired Of Fat American Children
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollA group called 'Mission: Readiness' recently released a new report, titled "Still Too Fat To Fight."
Spanish Military Threatens Treason As Catalonia Seeks Secession Referendum
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden"Do not play with the feelings of the Catalans" is the totally unveiled threat after Catalonia's beggars-can-be-choosers demand for an unconditional bailout fell on deaf ears.
Taliban Releases Video of Preparation for Strike on US Base in Helmand
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzMilitants in US Army Uniforms Shown Planning Raid
Marines face criminal charges over Afghan urination video
• http://www.reuters.comTwo Marines are facing criminal charges for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, actions caught on a video that was widely circulated on the Internet, the Marine Corps said on Monday.
Air Force Launching Secretive X-37B Space Plane in October, Could Land in Fla.
• http://www.space.com, by Leonard DavidThe U.S. military's hush-hush robotic X-37B space plane is slated to blast off again next month, Air Force officials say. The mission will test the robotic spacecraft's reusability and may eventually land on the Florida runway once used for NASA spac
Here's How Much America REALLY Spends On Israel's Defense
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael KelleyLast week the Jerusalem Post reported that former Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Commander-in-Chief Gabi Ashkenazi told a conference that U.S. taxpayers have contributed more to the Israeli defense budget than Israeli taxpayers in the past three years.
Green on Blue Reality Check: Afghan Attacks on U.S. Soldiers
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by P.Au.LBen Swann's Reality Check takes a look at how the situation in Afghanistan is trending in the wrong direction, and what President Obama says about these so called 'Green on Blue' attacks.
CIA sued over drone killings
• http://rt.comThe American Civil Liberties Union is taking the CIA to court for the agency’s refusal to comply with a FOIA request to hand over documents about the Obama administration’s “targeted killing” drone program.
F-22′S Deployed To Pacific As Tensions Escalate Between China And Japan
• http://govtslaves.info, Ben AndersonAlaska’s fleet of F-22 fighter jets and their elite pilots have been deployed to an airbase in the Pacific U.S. territory of Guam, according to officials at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.
DHS Purchases 200 Million More Rounds of Ammunition
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonAdditional purchase includes bullets designated for snipers
Pentagon Slams 'Worst Ever' Contractor Lockheed Over F-35 Problems
• http://www.businessinsider.com, ReutersPentagon officials slammed Lockheed Martin Corp's performance on the $396 billion F-35 fighter jet program and said they would not bail out the program again if problems with the plane's cutting-edge pilot helmet and software were not resolved.
US Military Suspends Joint Patrols With Afghans
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollIn the wake of insider attacks which killed four more Coalition troops over the weekend, top U.S. officials have decided to suspend most joint U.S.-Afghan military operations.
This 21-Year-Old Marine Predicted He Would Die At The Hands Of Afghan Security Forces
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael KelleyA 21-year-old Marine who was killed by an Afghan trainee had previously told his father that he would be killed inside his base, David Ariosto of CNN reports.
4000 Marines Headed To Middle East As Part Of Peleliu Amphibious Group Dispatch
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Zero HedgeUp until now, the LHD 7 Iwo Jima Big-Deck Amphibious Warfare ship was all alone in the Arabian Sea, patiently awaiting orders to liberate this or that middle east country of their oil reserves. This is no longer the case...
Iran Responds to Massive U.S. Armada Gathering in the Persian Gulf
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by legalizelibertyFollowing a story published in The Telegraph reporting an armada of U.S. and British ships amassing in the Persian Gulf, a top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that “nothing will remain” of Israel if his country is attacked.
Iran Responds to Massive U.S. Armada Gathering in the Persian Gulf
• http://www.dailypaul.com, legalizelibertyFollowing a story published in The Telegraph reporting an armada of U.S. and British ships amassing in the Persian Gulf, a top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that “nothing will remain” of Israel if his country is attacked.
1000 Chinese Boats Set Sail Towards The Disputed Islands
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Joe WeisenthalMore evidence that the Japanese-Chinese tension isn't easing soon.
The Taliban Attack On Camp Bastion Sends An Unmistakable Signal
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollThe implications of the recent attack on the biggest bases in Helmand, Afghanistan, are bigger than a stab at Harry or two dead Marines.
America's Scariest Electronic Weapons
• Robert Johnson and Geoffrey IngersollControlling the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a major asset in military operations.
US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya
• http://hosted.ap.org, By KIMBERLY DOZIERThe U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans...
Scope and Scale
Larken RoseTo scare people into giving up their freedom, tyrants will always talk big numbers and big problems. But it's always a lie.
Obama Sends More Drones, Marines to Libya, But Did They Ever Leave?
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserApparently, there is nothing so permanent as a temporary US war
18 Things Navy SEALs Won't Leave Home Without
• businessinsider.com, Geoffrey Ingersoll and RobertTuesday's assault on the US consulate in Libya achieved many results.
'Nuclear time bomb:' Downed K-27 submarine must be lifted out
• http://rt.comA Soviet K-27 submarine suffered a nuclear accident before being dumped at the bottom of the Kara Sea 30 years ago.
US deploying warships to Libyan coast
• http://rt.comAmerican officials have said that the Pentagon is sending two warships toward the coast of Libya, the Associated Press reports.
Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets
• http://www.navytimes.com, By Sam FellmanOn the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message.
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