22 soldiers at Fort Hunter Liggett, 250 miles northwest of Los Angeles, were injured when a MH-60 helicopter came in for a landing on Wednesday night and in the process blew down a tent at the training camp, the U.S. Army reported. According to the report, the Blackhawk helicopter’s rotor wash caused the tent to […]
DURHAM, N.C. — The H.L. Hunley, the first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship, also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful explosive torpedo it carried, according to new research from a Duke University Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. The Hunley’s first and last combat mission occurred during the Civil War on Feb. […]
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE-ELMENDORF RICHARDSON, Alaska – Modern Army Combatives trainers here are putting select soldiers from both JBER and Fort Wainwright through their paces this week to select a team to represent U.S. Army Alaska in a Lower 48 tournament next month. Fourteen fighters, two in each of seven weight classes, will […]