Military shooters are big business in the gaming world, the most successful releases pulling in millions of players. This genre takes its inspiration from real military technology. As the high-definition era of gaming continues to mature, the...
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What do a farmer’s windmill, an alien funeral, and a UFO tombstone all have in common? They are all part of the amazing and almost-forgotten account of a UFO crash that occurred in Aurora, Texas in the nineties. That is, . . . the 1890s!...
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Military recruiting stations are often humble affairs. The modest-looking storefront Army recruiting station in Hagerstown, Md., is no exception: a few cubicles, some posters, an American flag, and the seven Army values listed on the wall. The...
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Chuck Norris jokes have become as much a part of pop culture as Coca Cola. It may come as a surprise to rising generations that the world hasn’t aways viewed Mr. Norris as a brand of jokes. Before 2005, when Chuck Norris jokes (aka Chuck Norris...
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Winters in Texas are nothing like winters in Alaska, but they can still be long, dark, harsh, and cold—quite so depending on where you live. Winters up in the Texas Panhandle can be brutal for both man and beast. For many, the best way to get...
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The holidays are a time when families unite and thanks is given for life’s many blessings. It’s also a time to remember those who are no longer around to celebrate the holidays with us and give back to those having a difficult time. In Onslow...
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Social media continues to be a hot topic of debate in many tried cases, raising questions about the legal validity of Face book posts, tweets and comments on web sites as evidence. Unlike most American citizens, members of the military are held...
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Plextek has created a detection system to immediately identify any damage to a soldier’s armour while still on the battlefield. The system can even identify hairline fractures, which often go undetected but can seriously compromise reliability...
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we are all familiar with the warning that “power corrupts.” And if you’re like me, when you hear the phrase the first type of corrupted power you think of is greed. If you shift the phrase to the military frame of reference, you might think of...
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The Pay Rules for Commissioned Officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) have been promulgated today and can be downloaded by clicking here. These are in consequence to approval of the scales as per the 7th Central Pay Commission. The Rules...
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Non-judicial punishment has historically been used as a tool by commanding officers and generals to handle a range of misconduct, from order violations, DUI, fraternization, to even low-level sex crimes. It is rarely offered to resolve...
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Someday, military soldiers fighting in the streets of a sprawling megacity will need an airdrop of ammunition, food, or water that can’t be safely delivered by ground convoy or helicopter. But the supplies parachuting from the skies won’t have to...
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