WARSAW, July 31 (Reuters) – The United States will establish a permanent military presence in Poland as it deploys around 1,000 additional U.S. troops there, Poland’s Defence Ministry said on Friday. Poland is set to grow its bilateral defense relationship with its NATO partner, fearful of an increasingly assertive posture from Russia to the east […]
A Russian Su-27 jet fighter buzzed two U.S. reconnaissance planes on Thursday after they had approached the Russian border over the Black Sea.
The U.S. military is withdrawing nearly 12,000 troops from Germany, top military officials announced on Wednesday. Roughly 5,600 U.S. troops will be moved from Germany to other NATO countries, while about 6,400 will return to the United States, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at a Pentagon news briefing. That would leave about 24,000 U.S. service […]
The US military is often inspired by what they see their counterparts develop. In this case the Russians saw the AR-15 and were inspired to create a new line of the AK family of weapons. The newest iteration is the AK-12. This is the modern assault rifle used by Russian forces it fires a 5.45mm round and is part of their Ratnik program.
U.S. and Russian military vehicles in northeastern Syria appear to be skirmishing in an undeclared road war that has largely escaped the rest of the world’s attention. “The encounters happen a few times each month and, thus far, have been resolved without escalation,” said Army Col. Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the U.S. military-led coalition […]
Photos released on July 10 ahead of the second phase of the Army's Defense Europe exercise show an M1 Abrams main battle tank rocking an Israeli-made Trophy Active Protection System (APS)
BERLIN (Reuters) – The premiers of four German states have appealed to members of the U.S. Congress to block plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany, according to letters seen by Reuters on Sunday. President Donald Trump said last month he would cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany by 9,500 to 25,000, faulting […]
The creator of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, developed the weapon in response to a German-engineered firearm called the Sturmgewehr 44 rifle. Let's take a look at the AK series by the numbers.
The U.S. military has a problem: when it comes to long-range precision fires, infantry forces are outgunned by Russia at every turn
The Pentagon announced on Monday that a 20-year-old soldier had died from a “non-combat related incident” in Kosovo. In a press release, the Department of Defense said Pfc. Alexander Blake Klass of Willamina, Oregon, died on July 4, 2020 at Camp Novo Selo. The incident is under investigation and no further details were immediately available. […]
Germany's defence minister plans to disband a company of its elite KSK special forces in a effort to purge them of a persistent problem of far-right extremism
Senators want to know whether mysterious aircraft reported by Navy pilots are evidence that US adversaries have achieved 'breakthrough aerospace capabilities'
The U.S. military deployed fighter jets to intercept two formations of Russian aircraft as they entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Tuesday evening, North American Aerospace Defense Command announced on Wednesday. The intercepts marked the second time in as many weeks that Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted Russian bomber formations near […]
Do you want a safety brief? Because this is absolutely, without a doubt how you get a safety brief. A 22-year-old American soldier assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Germany reportedly became so intoxicated in the town of Nuremberg on Saturday that it took a half-dozen local police officers to subdue him, Stars and […]
The pilot of an F-15C that crashed on Monday in the North Sea has been found dead
The U.S. military deployed fighter jets to intercept two formations of Russian aircraft as they entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Saturday, North American Aerospace Defense Command announced on Tuesday. The first formation, which came within 20 nautical miles of Alaska, consisted of a pair Tu-95 bombers escorted by two Su-35 fighter jets and […]
Brig. Gen. Michael Harvey was suspended as head of 7th Mission Support Command on June 2 pending the outcome of an investigation that 'does not involve criminal activity or safety'
The U.S. Navy accused Russian pilots of flying in an “unsafe and unprofessional” manner near a P-8A reconnaissance plane over the Mediterranean Sea, according to a statement released Tuesday. “The unnecessary actions of the Russian Su-35 pilots were inconsistent with good airmanship and international flight rules, and jeopardized the safety of flight of both aircraft,” […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier, the defense minister and army sources said, an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbors right-wing extremists. It was not clear if the soldier had intended to use his […]
According to the decree, signed on May 6, military personnel may not possess gadgets that can track locations and transmit audio and photo materials.
Russia and China are taking advantage of the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency to put their interests forward in Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday
A captain in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy has reportedly been relieved of command for throwing a party while at port in the midst of the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment reenact the climb at Pointe Du Hoc, Omaha Beach France, as part of D-Day75, June 5, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. Service Members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and Canada, have converged in northwestern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the […]
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty. The United States and Russia have commemorated the 75th anniversary of a meeting between U.S. and Soviet soldiers on a bridge in Germany as an example that the two countries can overcome “differences” to resolve global threats. The historic handshake by U.S. and […]
