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Above photo of the bed of "The Eve of Destruction" in the Ft Eustis US Army Transportation Museum. Note "Twin Fifties" This photo is a typical layout of a Vietnam Gun Truck. Caption: This Air Force Gun Truck was dedicated July 23 at...

To all the folks that read this site and to all of the men and women of our armed forces, homeland security, diplomats, and first responders, we wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year! Here's a few photos to wrap up the year. Santa Claus...

I received an e-mail from a retired Special Forces friend bringing my attention to this recent Weekly Standard article by Max Boot and Richard Bennet about our efforts in the Philippines. They lay out the evolving situation the Philippines has faced with...

This site is gettings TONS of hits from people googling AT-6B, AT-6C, Irregular warfare, you get the drift. Perhaps there' something happening out there in airplane acquisition land. Also, welcome from the site HyperScale's "Jet Age"...

Caption: STREET PATROL U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Drew Freeburg patrols the streets among Iraqi boys in the Rashid community of southern Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2008. Freeburg is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Squadron 11, Detachment 3,...

Big Hat Tip to Defense Industry Daily here . Iraq has announced the intention not only of buying 20 trainer versions of the Hawker Beechcraft T-6 but an additional 36 of the armed version called the AT-6B, company website here . Well now, the Iraqi Air...

Numerous articles in various industry publications have hinted or reported that the Air Force and Air Combat Command specifically, is close to issuing a proposal to buy a propeller driven aircraft for irregular warfare (IW) as well as a fleet of prop...

Like most Americans, I spent the past few days with family celebrating Thanksgiving but when I travel, I listen to my satellite radio and occasionally, tune in some cable news and heard the first accounts of the Mumbai Massacre (look at the amazing Wikipedia...

Photo caption: A B-52 Stratofortress aircraft out of Minot Air Force Base, N.D., flies over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 13, 2008. The aircraft is deployed to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and is part of a continuing...

This site and Excalibur concept has been about expanding the pool of talent involved in national security through non-traditional resources, especially youth. Previously, I've discussed social networking like Second Life and now comes word that the...

Photo caption: Model Mayra Veronica sings during a USO show at Camp Liberty, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2008. Veronica is traveling for the second time with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright on a USO tour. DoD photo by...

When piracy is on the nightly news and all over the cable news channels, it's becoming a big deal and even the White House and the Pentagon spokesman were talking about it today . This article in the Times Online talks about how difficult any military...

H/T Danger Room. This story by Reuters says the latest pirate action took place 450 miles from Kenya, of course, given the African coastline, it could be much closer to the coast but the seizure of a ship the size of an aircraft carrier, less than one...

Standing by on a hill top, soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008. The soldiers searched a small village...

In the run up to the end of the election, some commentators, especially on the right side of the spectrum, made much of the comments candidate Obama made regarding a “civilian national security force” with the commentary that this was somehow going to...