:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/O4SEGULOKVGEPCMXAHASM2TSUI.jpg)
It’s time for the military to rethink entrance examinations
Since 1968, the military has used the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, to assess all incoming recruits.
By Stew Latwin
Latest ""
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/WJM7VRYSSRBOHJJGAAHPQVQNVQ.jpg)
Patriot missile battery heading to Slovakia amid Ukraine invasion response
The Patriot system will replace Slovakia's S-300, which it will send to Ukraine.
Explainer: When will there be a coronavirus vaccine?
Five questions answered by two top experts.
By Dr. Aubree Gordon, University of Michigan and Dr. Florian Krammer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
US military may send missile defense batteries to the Middle East in wake of Iran strike
“There has always been a supply and demand problem when it comes to U.S. air and missile defenses. We have 15 battalions of Patriot defenses, for example, deployed in at least 10 countries and territories around the world."
By Shawn Snow
Commission urges Navy to help protect clams
At issue is stormwater from polluted ponds on the former base.
200 air and missile defense soldiers set to deploy to Saudi Arabia
One Patriot battery and four Sentinel radar crews will head to Saudi Arabia, while three more Army units are on-call.
Let’s get back to Venus!
A planetary geologist makes his pitch to fling a satellite back to a hellish planet, where pressure on the surface is 92 times greater than on Earth and temperatures sit at a staggering 863°F (462°C), hot enough to melt lead.
By Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University
Navy officer accused of ‘nonconsensual sexual contact’ with sailor and soldier
The incidents allegedly occurred on March 17, 2018 in Virginia.
About 1,000 US troops will head to Mideast as tensions with Iran grow
Roughly 1,500 U.S. troops consisting of a Patriot missile battalion, intelligence aircraft, engineers and fighter pilots are heading to the Middle East as a “prudent defensive measure” against Iran.
Iranian media: Battery explosion at submarine plant kills three workers
The explosion took place at a shipbuilding factory about 23 miles west of the southern port of Bandar Abbas that overlooks the Strait of Hormuz.
That time a Navy jet shot itself down
In this season of the practical joke, let's talk about some very bad mistakes unique to the world's military services.
By Alan Green, Military History Quarterly Magazine
Can LSD and magic mushrooms help win wars? This Marine officer says ‘yes’
These drugs have the potential to “significantly heighten alertness, creativity, and problem solving."
By Jon Simkins