Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), test the Martin UAV V-BAT drone at Fort Campbell, Ky., June 1, 2020. The Army selected five brigades to test four prototypes that can take off and land vertically like a helicopter, as part of the Army Futures Command’s Future Unmanned Aircraft Systems effort. …
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point held its graduation and commissioning ceremony for the Class of 2020 on The Plain in West Point, New York, June 13, 2020. This year, 1,113 cadets graduated. Among them were 12 international cadets. The class includes 229 women, 132 African-Americans, 103 Asian/Pacific Islanders, 102 Hispanics and 10 Native …
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Steven Carrillo was arrested for the murder of Sergeant Gutzwiller and other felonies. according to the Sheriff’s office which described the scene of the crime: “On Saturday June 6th at around 1:30 p.m., we received a call about a suspicious van parked off the road near Jamison Creek, Boulder Creek. …
Officer of China’s People’s Liberation Army Arrested At Los Angeles International Airport Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visits the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) headquarters in Beijing. Richardson is on a three-day visit to Beijing and Nanjing to continue the ongoing dialog between the two heads of navy and encourage professional interactions …
Photo Credit: Governor’s Press Office. Officials at the scene of the shooting at Pensacola Naval air station Pensacola Air Station has been a target of terrorists and Chinese spies in recent months. Chinese suspects have three times illegally entered into the base and have been arrested since 2018, and those are only ones that were …
Three Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Photography of U.S. Naval Installation in Key West, Florida. DOJ Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office announced that three People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign nationals …
Abraham Lincoln, Library of Congress 1861 The South Secedes When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America. The secession of South …
Columbus taking possession of the new country Protesters in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Virginia have targeted statues of Christopher Columbus, damaging or pulling down three in a matter of days, Smithsonian Magazine reports. In St. Paul, demonstrators toppled a ten-foot-tall statue that stood in front of the Minnesota state capitol. In Richmond, protesters pulled down an eight-foot-tall statue in …