Stories tagged "combat"

A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.

Defense giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives. Prototypes could be on the front line by the end of the y

Among the legacies of combat for up to 20 percent of veterans are brain injuries that can impair basic functions for months, years or decades, according to numerous medical experts who spoke at a recent conference here on combat-related brain injuries.

Robot combat season is right around the corner and it makes me think of the smell of burning oil and sodomized electrons. Ah, the sound of a 200-pound killer bot smashing into a transparent barrier after being ripped apart and destroyed by fire.

A social scientist in the Army's controversial Human Terrain program was en route to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas after being set on fire in and apparent Taliban attack

Incoming fire has right-of-way...Just one of the many Marine Corps stories and jokes from Sgt Grit.

According to Blackhawk their new High Performance Fighting Uniform has been designed to make the life of SEALs and other

Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, killing as many as 49 insurgents as fighting spread to a third area of the tribal belt along the Afghan border.

When stealth became a buzzword that every air force in the world wanted to achieve, the greatest minds in aviation were brought together to answer one question: “How do we sneak up on the enemy and jam a rocket up their ass without being seen on radar..

Unmanned fighters now come armed to the threads. But are they really ready for combat in the Iraq war?