Military
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 06:30
The Peruvian government has placed the National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) under the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) to improve and maximize the efficiency of its responses to natural disasters. The country's Army, Air Force, and Navy held an initial meeting with INDECI to plan the cooperation efforts.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:17
US officials are weighing sending more special operations troops to Syria, where the contingent of American fighters currently numbers around 50, a senior military official told AFP on Saturday.
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 08:30
UPDATE ON THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF) PROGRAM AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET REQUEST
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 10:30am
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Friday, April 1, 2016 - 08:26
UPDATE ON THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF) PROGRAM AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET REQUEST
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 10:30am
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Friday, April 1, 2016 - 07:03
A group of opposition senators and representatives criticized Thursday conservative President Mauricio Macri for attempting to remove the mechanisms of civilian control over military training.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:34
Colombia has arrested an army general for his role a decade ago in the killing of civilians presented as guerrillas killed in combat, the highest-ranking military officer to ever be detained for such crimes.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 06:29
The Brazilian Army (EB) now has a new Firearms Support Simulation System (SIMAF, for its Portuguese acronym), a modern training tool that creates an accurate, virtual reproduction of a battlefront. One of the simulator's units became operational in February at the Military Academy in Agulhas Negras (AMAN) in the city of Resende, Rio de Janeiro state, with another expected to go live in April at the EB Training Camp in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 06:46
While the U.S. Navy is better known for its role in protecting Americans from enemies abroad, its scientists also work in labs throughout the world, combatting an unseen enemy: infectious disease.
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 05:13
Tensions between Belize and Guatemala at an “all-time high” following a military clash on Saturday (March 12) at the Sarstoon River on the southern Belizean border. A press statement from the Government of Belize Press Office, which was published on Facebook on March 13, says that on Saturday there was a confrontation on the Sarstoon River between the Belize Defence Force (BDF) and the Guatemalan Armed Forces (GAF).
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:54
One area much in need of sunshine this year is the distribution of international humanitarian, development and security aid by the Pentagon — assistance that used to be provided almost exclusively by the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).