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US Airborne Rangers parachute in to seize a Pacific airbase, preparing for war with China
The war game in Palau – a tiny island country 1,400 miles southeast of Taiwan – began with five USAF Boeing C-17 airlifters ...
Seeing where the eagles live: WWII, Korea, Vietnam Vet jumps from plane at 99
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Akin carried an estimated 10,000 paratroopers as a pilot, and when he skydived at 99 years old ...
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Meet the paratrooper who jumped out of a plane 100 times — and he's just getting started
Jovon Propst, Spartan Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, achieved on October 9, 2024, when he made the jump, earning the prestigious title of centurion paratrooper. "I get asked all the ...
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Firing Javelin Missiles And Lighting At Least One Russian On Fire, Ukrainian Paratroopers Hang On In An Eastern Town
When a solitary Russian tank fitted with anti-drone cage armor and a front-mounted mine-roller approached the Ukrainian paratroopers, apparently on Friday, the paratroopers fired an American-made ...
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A Powerful Russian Division Is Grinding Away At Ukrainian Paratroopers In Illinka—And Losing Staggering Numbers Of Vehicles
The paratroopers and their supporting drone units have knocked out potentially dozens of Russian vehicles—first, factory-fresh BMP-3s. And then, as the modern BMP-3s began to run out ...
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Missile project may have ‘long-term and significant’ impacts on Guam, report says
Building the $1.7 billion missile-defense system proposed for Guam may have significant consequences for the island’s housing, health care and natural environment, according to a draft ...
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Paratroopers mark 80 years since Operation Market Garden
In an airborne spectacular, 700 paratroopers from eight Nato nations - including the Netherlands, Germany, UK and US - will parachute from 12 aircraft. The jump will be done in two waves and those ...
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How Army paratroopers train to parachute at Airborne School
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: When this Airborne student collided with a Humvee parked in the drop zone, our camera crew feared she was seriously injured, if not worse.
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This Hawaii brigade is putting ‘Transformation in Contact' to the test
In Hawaii, however, the ranges are far longer. The 11th Airborne Division out of Alaska sent paratroopers more than 5,000 miles to Hawaii and Guam to support the multi-island exercise. Meanwhile ...
Psychology Today12y
Therapists in Guam
Crystal Smith is board certified and licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Hawaii, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and as a LCPC in Guam. I do online therapy for people who want the comfort of ...
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The Learning Network
How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do you think they will have on your generation? Read this article and post your comments and questions for Matt Richtel by Nov. 14. By The ...
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The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy
The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in defense of liberty and freedom. On D-Day, when transport planes dropped ...