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Friday Foto

Anti-aircraft gunners watching the aerial battle above the Ardennes battlefield. December 25,1944. Image source: http://ww2today.com/25-december-1944-a-frozen-christmas-day-in-the-battle-of-the-bulge

Happy Thanksgiving!

Remember everyone deployed... U.S. Army Infantrymen Pfc. William G. Curtis of San Diego, California and Pfc. Donald R. Stratton of Colville, Washington of the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division have time for a very brief Thanksgiving Day dinner in a shelled house. 23 November 1944. SPC John Dever of Chicago, Illinois...

Friday Foto

Some things never change... [caption id="attachment_5362" align="aligncenter" width="1088"] U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit hike to a cold-weather training site inland, Iceland, Oct. 19, 2018, during Exercise Trident Juncture 18. Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Menelik Collins.[/caption]

Veterans’ Day 2018

[caption id="attachment_5316" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] Sgt. 1st Class Clyde Tyner, a cavalry scout platoon sergeant with 5th squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks off the cliff at Pointe Du Hoc during a staff ride on May 31, 2018 at Normandy, France. Tyner and dozens of...

US Army selects next-generation camouflage system

Fibrotex USA Inc has won the contract to supply the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Ultra-Light Camouflage Netting System (ULCANS), proven to deliver world-leading protection across the electromagnetic spectrum. The contract is a 10-year, indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity award, with a total value of USD480 million. Full-rate production is expected to...

Norwegian Police Adopt SIG SAUER P320 X-Series as Standard Service Pistol

SIG SAUER, Inc. is pleased to announce the Norwegian Police have selected the SIG SAUER P320 X-Series as the standard service pistol for select agencies within their organization. The Norwegian Police is comprised of 8,000 police officers and 8,000 civilian personnel responsible for domestic law enforcement, border control, coordinating search...