Book Review – The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion
One criticism sometimes leveled at photographic histories is that they don’t go any deeper than the photographs inside. Many have …
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Program is Funded to Help Mature Technologies Transition to Acquisition
The Department of Defense (DoD) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on May 28, 2014, seeking proposals under the Rapid …
A Poem for Memorial Day
It has been a kind of tradition at Defense Media Network to publish a war poem to mark holidays …
AFRICOM Provides Assistance to Nigeria in Search for Kidnapped Girls
The abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has attracted worldwide attention. To …
Coming Back with Wes Moore – Review
As U.S. military service members return home from the long war in Afghanistan in ever greater numbers, Americans may justifiably …
Rush Limbaugh Partners With Mahindra USA for Memorial Day Tractor Giveaway
A conservative talk radio giant and one of the world’s leading tractor manufactures might make for a strange partnership, but …
The M16 is “Golden”
While many are quick to highlight the U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber as an example of military hardware in-service longevity, …
NATO Air-Policing Duties Taken Over by Multinational Fighter Force
The U.S. Air Force is handing over NATO air-policing duties for Poland and the Baltics to a multinational force comprised …
Virtual Holding Pattern: Simulation and Training in a Budget-constrained Environment
The U.S. military is confronting a serious readiness problem. Decreasing defense spending and the automatic budget cuts resulting from sequestration …
F-16 Fighting Falcon 40th Anniversary
Forty years after its first flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon continues to be a workhorse for U.S. Air Force and …