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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced on May 13th that 120 U.S. Department of Defense officials had been evacuated from Israel that day, amid escalating clashes between the Israel Defence Forces and Hamas and Islamic Jihad forces based in the Gaza Strip. According to the Pentagon statement, the U.S. personnel had been planning for an event…

Iraq today fields only a single class of fighter aircraft, a squadron of 34 F-16IQ Fighting Falcon lightweight fighters acquired from the United States, which are fielded alongside 24 South Korean T-50 very light trainers  and an unknown number of Russian Su-25 attack jets – some of which were delivered second hand from Iran. The F-16s…

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has considered air defence to be a priority field of investment since the early 1990s, largely as a result of the overwhelming defeat of the Iraqi Army after the U.S. and its allies gained total air superiority during the Gulf War. The PLA vastly expanded its air defence capabilities from this time,…

Since Britain’s Defence Ministry announced plans for the induction of the Challenger 3 battle tank into service later in the decade, a number of analysts and military enthusiasts have questioned whether this is an efficient way off improving British armoured warfare capabilities – or whether purchasing advanced variants of the Leopard 2 tank from Germany…

Belarus’ armed forces have alleged that NATO air units have likely been practising strikes against their territory, as well as that of Russia, while carrying out demonstration flights in Eastern Europe. First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Belarusian Military, Major General Igor Korol, warned on May 16th regarding these operations: “Unfortunately, demonstration flights of…

The Russian Borei Class nuclear powered submarine began development in the waning years of the Soviet Union, but due to the chaos that followed the superpower’s collapse the first ship was only commissioned by the Navy in 2013. The latest variants of the 24,000 ton ships deploy 16 RSM-56 intercontinental range ballistic missiles (ICBM), each…

Ladybug was inside of a 2008 Dodge Caliber when it was stolen, and she was stolen along with it. The post US Navy Veteran Is Reunited With His Stolen Therapy Dog appeared first on The Veterans Site News.

Employers within the American labor sector are prepared to hire veterans — but many of these opportunities aren’t reaching the veteran community. The post Is The U.S. Department of Labor Leaving Employable Veterans Behind? appeared first on The Veterans Site News.

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Chung-Hoon’s career spanned more than 30 years and included service in both WWII and in Korea. The post Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon: An Hawaiian Warrior Who Served In The U.S. Navy For Three Decades appeared first on The Veterans Site News.