May 20, 2014 at 7:21am
615th Military Police Company, 18th MP Brigade, fires a M203 coffee launcher practice round down range at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. Original photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauche
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Mostly sunny day at JBLM. High should hit 73. News team mooned me in the map room. Got flustered, mixed up Roy w/Yelm on Big Map. Coldplay take me away! Lo: I don’t know.
This Date in History: 1969
Edward Kennedy, in a Senate speech, scorns the military tactics of the Nixon administration. He condemned the battle for Ap Bia Mountain, which had become known as “Hamburger Hill,” as “senseless and irresponsible.”
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The House this week will vote onlegislation that tacitly approves a 1.8 percent pay raise for service members next year.
The Pentagon still plans to increase funding for special operations equipment in the coming years, but after years of plus-ups, that trend is expected to flatten.
America still has way more air power than any rival.
Thailand's army declared martial law nationwide to restore order after six months of street protests that have left the country without a proper functioning government, but denied that the surprise move amounted to a military coup.
A top White House official has promised that the CIA would no longer use vaccination programs as a cover for spying.
The White House is threatening a veto of the House version of a $601 billion defense bill over election-year moves to spare weapons systems and popular programs in the face of limited budgets.
President Obama is relying less on drones and more on foreign governments in the global fight against terrorists.
Retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, 24, will receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in Afghanistan in 2010.
The United States invented the Internet, but we may not rule it any more.
Navy officials expect ship defenses to get a boost following the introduction of the Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles.
Turns out a littoral combat ship will be headed to Hawaii this summer after all.
A new bill would allow members of the military and their families to keep their current auto insurance policy if they are ordered to relocate to a new state.
House approves Congressional Gold Medal for Civil Air Patrol.
A small, easy-to-use and lightweight explosive screening kit continues to move forward toward full fielding as a means to provide soldiers with the capability to screen for suspected homemade explosive materials.
Army PULSE-W watercraft proves ability, benefit of enduring presence in Pacific.
Veterans remember historic Strike Brigade deployment.
This looks like some end of the world type weather.
Spielberg's masterful use of the long take is one of the things that make him so great.
"Fangirl" and "unfriend" are among the new words Merriam-Webster is adding to the dictionary.
McDonald's has a creepy new mascot.
How much money is it possible to win on Jeopardy!?
Here's a tribute to Road House for its 25th anniversary.
And finally, this story is for all the drummers.
Back To The Future love song ...
LINK: Original photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger
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