Navy Skewered For Posting Picture Of Ship Commander Mishandling Rifle, Using Backwards Scope
The U.S. Navy sustained volleys of criticism and jabs on social media after a photo depicting a ship commander appearing to fire a rifle with its scope mounted backwards was posted on…
US peacekeepers ready to prevent violence in north Kosovo, commander says
By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – U.S. peacekeeping troops in Kosovo are well equipped and stand ready to prevent violence in the country’s ethnically divided north, often the scene of armed…
Ukraine ground commander says his troops, now on ‘active defence’, can still surprise
By Dan Peleschuk KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – His demeanour is dispassionate and his message is clear: Ukraine’s ground forces are focused first and foremost on defence along the eastern stretch of…
Exclusive-Ukraine needs more attack aircraft for war effort – ground forces commander
By Dan Peleschuk KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s ground forces commander said on Friday that Kyiv needed more military aircraft for its war effort, such as U.S. A-10 attack jets to…
Commander says Ukrainian forces still in shattered town
(Reuters) – The commander of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Tuesday his troops remained in an area of the eastern town of Maryinka despite assertions by Russia’s defence minister that Moscow was…
Ukrainian troops face artillery shortages, scale back some operations – commander
By Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Frontline Ukrainian troops face shortages of artillery shells and have scaled back some military operations because of a shortfall of foreign assistance, a…
Naval Commander Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material and Retaining Classified National Defense Information
Jacksonville, FL – Gregory Edward McLean, 39, of Jacksonville, Florida, today pleaded guilty to one count of distributing videos depicting the sexual assault of children and one count of unlawful retention of…
Biden dog Commander ousted from White House after biting reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s 2-year-old dog, Commander, has become the second “first dog” to be removed from the White House compound after a series of reported biting incidents, a…
Joe Biden’s Dog Commander Just Bit His 11th Victim at the White House
WASHINGTON, DC – In his 11th biting incident since arriving at the White House, Commander, the German Shepherd belonging to President Joe Biden, bit a Secret Service agent at around 8 p.m.…
Ex-Wagner commander arrested in Norway for attempting return to Russia
By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back…
Chinese officials, U.S. commander meet at Fiji conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese delegation met with a senior U.S. military official during a conference earlier this month, the Pentagon said on Thursday, a move that could signal a potential thawing…
Top West Point Commander Suspended Amid Investigation Into ‘Alleged Conduct’
Top West Point Commander Suspended Amid Investigation Into ‘Alleged Conduct’ Micaela Burrow on July 27, 2023 The Army has suspended the commander at West Point, home to the Army’s military academy, pending…
Biden’s pick as top US commander could be delayed by senator’s blockade
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican senator’s hold on military nominations will apply to Democratic President Joe Biden’s selection of Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown as the country’s…
Ukraine launches investigation into Russian commander
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said it has launched a criminal investigation into Andrei Ruzinsky, a Russian commander Reuters identified last year as helping lead the military occupation of eastern…
Ex-Wagner commander who sought asylum in Norway wants to return to Russia
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – A former commander of Russia’s Wagner group who sought asylum in Norway after crossing the Russian-Norwegian border in January said on Wednesday he wanted to return…
Army Base Named For Confederate Commander Who Championed Secession Renamed After Legendary Vietnam General
Army Base Named For Confederate Commander Who Championed Secession Renamed After Legendary Vietnam General Micaela Burrow on May 11, 2023 Fort Benning, a U.S. Army base named after a Confederate commander who…
Russia plans air defence reform, to bolster defences near Finland – commander
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to overhaul its air defence forces after gaining new experience in the war in Ukraine and will also bolster its air defences to counter Finland’s accession to…
Ukraine’s ground forces commander visits besieged Bakhmut to talk strategy, boost morale
By Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) – The commander of Ukrainian ground forces Colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi visited besieged Bakhmut to boost morale and talk strategy with units defending the town and surrounding…
Pentagon On ‘Heightened Alert’ As Fourth Unidentified Aerial Object Shot Down Near Michigan, NORAD Commander Says
Pentagon On ‘Heightened Alert’ As Fourth Unidentified Aerial Object Shot Down Near Michigan, NORAD Commander Says Micaela Burrow on February 12, 2023 Heightened awareness of potential airborne threats could account for the…
Ukraine holds defence as battles rage in Donetsk region, top commander says
By Nick Starkov LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s forces hold defence along the frontline in Donetsk, including of the besieged town of Bakhmut, with the fiercest battles raging for the cities of…
Ex-Wagner commander witnessed comrades shot for fleeing, says his Norwegian lawyer
By Ilze Filks OSLO (Reuters) – A former commander of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway has spoken about how he witnessed some of his comrades being shot as they…
Factbox-Who is Russia’s new war commander Gerasimov and why was he appointed?
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister has appointed Russia’s most senior general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, 67, to lead its war in Ukraine, the most dramatic in a…
Kosovo suspends Serb police commander as ethnic tensions mount
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s interior minister said a regional Serb police commander was suspended on Thursday for refusing to support Pristina’s legal drive to make minority Serbs replace old pre-independence car number…
Heavily criticised Russian commander takes three-week holiday, agency says
LONDON (Reuters) – The commander of one of Russia’s five military districts, heavily criticised for the performance of his troops in Ukraine, is taking a three-week holiday, according to the regional news…
Rare U.S. raid in Syrian gov’t-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler
By Orhan Qereman, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Phil Stewart QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) -A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed an Islamic State militant hiding out there and…
Russia sacks commander of Western military district – reports
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has sacked the commander of its Western military district, the news outlet RBC reported on Monday, the latest in a series of top officials to be fired after a…
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